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Period: 400 to
English History Timeline
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450
Earliest Old English inscriptions
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597
St. Augustine arrives in Britain
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Dec 24, 660
“Cædmon's Hymn” composed
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Dec 24, 800
Beowulf
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Dec 24, 1000
The discovery of North America
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Dec 24, 1066
The Norman Invasion
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Dec 24, 1086
“Domesday Book” compiled
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Dec 24, 1167
Oxford University established
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Dec 24, 1362
English is used in English Parliament for the first time
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Dec 24, 1440
The invention of the Printing Press
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Dec 24, 1478
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Dec 24, 1500
Start of English Renaissance
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Dec 24, 1539
“The Great Bible” published
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The American Revolution