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  • 450

    Old English

  • Period: 450 to

    HIstory of English

  • Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1100

    Old English

  • 520

    The writing of Beowulf

  • AEthelbert of Kent's Baptism
    Jan 1, 601

    AEthelbert of Kent's Baptism

    The first king to convert to Christianity.
  • Jan 1, 673

    Birth of Venerable Bede

    The monk who composed "Tthe Eclesiastical History of the English People" in Latin
  • Jan 1, 700

    Earliest Manuscript of Old English

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Normandy Invasion

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1500

    Middle English

  • University of Oxford is Founded
    Jan 1, 1171

    University of Oxford is Founded

  • Jan 1, 1209

    University of Cambridge is Formed

    Also, founded by the founders of University of Oxford
  • Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Jan 1, 1400

    Chauncer's Canterbury Tales

  • Jan 1, 1399

    King Henry IV Coronation

    First monarch to give a speech in all English
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Modern English

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

  • Invention of the Printing Press

  • World War 2 Begins

  • First Social Network is Launched

  • Fifth Volume of Dictionary of American Regional English is Published

    Fifth Volume of Dictionary of American Regional English is Published

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