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Period: 400 to
Evolving English
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Sep 19, 1066
The Norman Invasion
It was in 1066 and was the invasionmby an army of Normans and French led by Duke William II of Normandy. William, who defeated King Harold II of England on 14 October 1066, at the Battle of Hastings, was crowned as king on Christmas Day. -
Sep 19, 1100
Beowolf Written
It was supposedly written between the 8th and 11th century. -
Sep 19, 1301
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
It was written in the 14th century -
Sep 19, 1440
The Invention of The Printing Press
The Invention of The Printing Press was around the 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg. The printing press displaced earlier methods of printing and led to the first assembly line-style mass production of books. A single Renaissance printing press could produce 3,600 pages per workday, compared to forty by typographic hand-printing and a few by hand-copying.nBooks of bestselling authors like Luther or Erasmus were sold by the hundreds of thousands in their lifetime. -
Sep 19, 1492
The Discovery's of the Americas
The Discovery of the America's happened in 1492 when Chistopher Columbus made four visits to the America's. One of which happened in 1492. He was actually trying to find India. -
Sep 19, 1497
The Discovery of North America
The Discovery of America was in 1497 by John Cabot, but he only discovered part of North America. No one really knows who discovered North America. -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
It was written in 1623 and was about the the 36 plays that he had and although eighteen of Shakespeare's plays had been published in quatro prior to 1623, the First Folio was the only reliable text for about twenty of his plays. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution ended in 1783 when a peace treaty was written. This confirmed that the United States was separated from the United Kingdom. -
The Declaration of Independence
This marked that the United States separation of England and it stated grievences again King George. -
Lousiana Purchase
This was important because it expanded the United States 828,800 square miles worth now $15 million dollars. That area comprises some 15 states, including all of Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. -
The Asssination Of President Lincoln
This was important because it threw America into a kind of turmoil. This was the man that helped to end Slavery and he was shot for trying to make America a better place. -
World War II
This was an important war because it helped to shape America and it shaped the political alignment and social structure of the world. -
JFK Assassination
It is said that his assassination is the result of a conspircy within the Mafia. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Apollo 11(middle)
This was a huge step for man. The United States and Russia were competeting to get up to space first. -
September 11,2001
This had a huge impact on American lives. What happened on 9/11 shook everyone and I think that it made us come together as a country.
