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29
cruxifiction of jesus christ
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375
Huns' invasion of europe
in order to invade they crossed the Volga River and conquered the Alans, another civilization of nomadic, warring horsemen. -
711
Arabs invade spain
Muslim forces invaded and within seven years time they had completly taken over the Iberian peninsula. -
1025
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
Written somewhere in England beetween the 8th and 11th century. -
1025
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
A very well known peom which was written in old english. -
1075
The Norman Invasion
military conquest of England under William, duke or Normandy -
1348
Black plauge
Infection that was mainly spread to humans by rats carrying fleas. It killed millions in the middle ages. -
1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
A wide collection of 24 stories and over 17,000 -
1450
The invention of the Printing Press
The bringing of the printing press establihsed language more quickly and allowed for the spread of knowledge faster. -
1497
The discovery of North America
Giovanni Caboto is credited with the discovery of continental North America -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
first printed collection of his poems and it was comprised 7 years after his death. consists of 36 plays. -
Great plauge of england
This was the last major outbreak of the plauge in london. Killing thousands of people in the first weeks on infection. -
Declaration of American Independence.
Sets the principles in which our government and society is ran. -
The American Revolution
began with the battles of lexington and concord in 1775 -
Opening of the Suez Canal for traffic.
Allowed for much faster travel around the world and allowed for new oppurtunites really everywhere accesible by ship -
end of world war I
Germany had formally surrender and the terms of peace began to be negotiated. -
watergate scandal
Richard nixon was facing likely impeachment for his role in the famous watergate scandal. He resigned and was the first president to do so.