British Literature

By joni
  • May 3, 731

    Bebe completes "A History of the English Church and People"

  • May 3, 1073

    Canterbury becomes Englands new religious center.

  • May 3, 1272

    Edward I becomes king.

  • May 3, 1337

    Beginning of The Hundred Years' War with France.

  • May 3, 1386

    Chaucer begins writing "The Canterbury Tales."

  • Period: May 3, 1485 to

    The English Renaissance Period

  • May 3, 1516

    Thomas More published "Utopia."

  • May 3, 1558

    Elizabeth I becomes queen.

  • William Shakespeare in born.
    May 3, 1564

    William Shakespeare in born.

  • Globe Theater opens.

  • King James Bible is published.

  • King James dies.

  • Period: to

    The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

  • Sir Francis Bacon publishes "The New Atlantis."

  • English Civil War begins.

  • Charles I is beheaded.

  • Puritan government collapses.

  • John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is published.

  • Bill of Rights becomes a law.

  • George I becomes king.

    George I becomes king.

  • Britanin enters Seven Years War.

  • England goes to war with France.

  • Period: to

    The Romantic Period

  • Union Jack becomes official flag

    Union Jack becomes official flag

  • Jane Austen publishes "Pride and Prejudice"

  • Peterloo Massacre in Manchester

  • John Keate's publishes "Ode to a Grecian Ure."

  • First Reform Act extends voting rights.

  • Period: to

    The Victorian Period

  • Slavery abolished in British Empire.

  • Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Speices."

  • Lewis Caroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

    Lewis Caroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

  • Period: to

    The Modern and Postmodern Periods

  • Queen Victoria dies.

  • Britain enters WWI

  • Winston Churchill become prime minister.

  • George Orwell publishes "Animal Farm."

  • Elizabeth II becomes queen.

    Elizabeth II becomes queen.

  • Britain imposes direct rule on Northern Ireland.

  • V.S. Naipaul publishes "A Bend in the River."

  • Rock star Sting is made Commander of The British Empire for services to the music industry.

    Rock star Sting is made Commander of The British Empire for services to the music industry.

  • T.S. Elliot publishes "The Waste Land."

  • Anglo-Saxon Invasion

  • Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex

    Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex

  • Period: to May 3, 1485

    The Old English and Medieval Periods