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Jul 5, 1010
First Conversation Recorded
Dialogue between pupil and teacher, designed as a teaching aid for use in monastic schools. It is written in Latin, -
Jul 5, 1031
Book of Life
It was to record the names of members and friends of monasteries or convents, it was believed that the names would appear in the heavenly book opened on the day of judgement, -
Jul 5, 1250
Mattew Paris's Map of Britain
Drawn by Mattew Paris, a monk at St Alban's Abbey. The first medieval mapmaker portraing the actual physical apperance of the country not just the relationsship between simple diagrams -
Jul 5, 1300
Medieval Surgical Procedures
A manuscript showinf a surgical procedure for fixing a broken skull accompined by text describing Christ's life, It had the contrast between medical and religious, though it is impossible to know how many of these were a sucsess -
Jul 5, 1473
First English Printed book
William Caxton was the first Englishman to learn to use a printing press. It was called the Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye. -
Jul 5, 1526
First Printed Bible in English
William Tyndale's bible was created and he was excuted as it was highly illegal to translate the bible from Latin to English -
Cawdrey's Table Alphabetical
First single-lanhuage English dictionary ever published with around 3000 words, defining each one with a simple and brief description -
Lowth's Grammar
Several grammar books were published during the 18th century. They were for middle class guidence on how to use 'polite' or 'correct' English. -
Mordern Flash Dictionary
Was complied from several earlier sources and was aimed at young working men intrested in sports and gambling. The word flash has several meanings. -
Nursery Rhymes
They were created as entertainment for most children in the home. It consisted of tounge twisters and rhymes, -
World War II Ultimatum Letter
The German Nazi military machine was clearly intent in empire-building again. After months of appeasement from the Allies, Hitler invaded Poland and this put Britain into action.This letter was the ultimatun to the Germans wrote by the Foregin Secretary Lord Halifax -
Mimi Khalvati, Gazal:After Hafez
This persian Lyrical oet lived in the 14th Century and are on parr with Shakespeare sonnets in England for the Arabic and Iranian Culture. Regulary sung they rhyme -
Beowulf
An old english book