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400
The Romans invade Britain
beginning 400 years of control over much of the island. -
400
Roman occupation
Britain under Emperor Claudius (beginning of Roman rule of Britain) -
410
Roman withdrawal
Roman withdrawal from Britain -
420
Old English Sample
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Period: 500 to Jan 21, 1100
The Old English
The conquest of the Celtic population in Britain by speakers of West Germanic dialects (primarily Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) eventually determined many of the essential characteristics of the English language. -
597
St. Augustine arrives
St. Augustine arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons) -
597
St. Augustine
arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons -
Jan 20, 600
The King of Kent
He is the first English king to convert to Christianity. -
Jan 20, 600
Anglo-Saxon
language covers most of modern-day England -
Jan 20, 600
Anglo-Saxon
language covers most of modern-day England -
Jan 20, 731
Venerable Bede writes
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Jan 20, 800
Beowulf's writing
The oldest surviving manuscript -
Jan 20, 871
Alfred the Great
becomes king of Wessex, encourages English prose and translation of Latin works -
Jan 20, 878
Danelaw established
dividing Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north -
Jan 20, 1000
Beowulf's writing
Out of the 30,000 lines of literature left from the Anglo-Saxon period, almost 4,000 lines are preserved in the text of Beowulf. http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projf20004d/History.html -
Jan 20, 1000
Middle English Sample
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Jan 20, 1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: Jan 21, 1066 to Jan 21, 1485
Norman Invasion
which began in 1066, to the devastating Black Death of 1348, the Hundred Years' War with France and the War of the Roses, which finally ended in 1485. -
Jan 20, 1086
Domesday Book
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Jan 20, 1167
Oxford University
Established -
Jan 20, 1349
Black Death
kills one third of the British population -
Period: Jan 21, 1387 to Jan 21, 1400
Chaucer Canterbury Tales
It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). -
Period: Jan 21, 1387 to Jan 21, 1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). -
Jan 20, 1399
Henry IV
becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest -
Jan 20, 1440
invention of the Printing Press
He who first shortened the labor of copyists by device of movable types was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world: he had invented the art of printing.
(Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, 1833) -
Jan 20, 1440
The invention of the Printing Press
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Jan 20, 1492
Discovery of North America
North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. The continent became a human habitat later than continents such as Africa, Asia, and Europe, when people migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago.[1] -
Jan 20, 1492
The discovery of North America
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Jan 20, 1500
English Renaissance
starts -
Robert Cawdrey
Robert Cawdrey publishes the first English dictionary -
Jamestown
the first permanent English settlement in the New World -
first English-language newspaper
First english newspaper publication -
Shakespeare's First Folio
The earliest texts of William Shakespeare's works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries in quarto or folio format. Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size -
Shakespeare's First Folio
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English-language newspaper
First Newspaper -
Modern English
The first authoritative and full featured English dictionary -
Period: to
The American Revolution
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Period: to
The American Revolution.
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First English settlement
First English settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa -
Lewis and Clark
document exploration of routes to American Wes -
slavery
United States ends slavery after Civil War -
British Broadcasting
founded -
Second edition
Oxford English Dictionary” is published -
y2k
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Modern English Sample
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Terrorists attack
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Kmart Corp
becomes the largest retailer in American history -
50th ACC Men's Basketball
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Beslan School hostages
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Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders
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South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds
signs a bill into legislation that would ban most abortions in the state -
127th Women's U.S. Open
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New Hampshire law
legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect. -
nightclub fire
61 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand -
Colombia officially leaves
the recession after achieving 2% economic growth -
97th Rose Bowl
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Obama
First Black President
