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700
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing.
It was written in old english. It was written in England sometime between the 8th and the early 11th century. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the “Beowulf poet.” The poem is set in Scandinavia. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
During the time people spoke using old english but the Normans spoke french and old english. The norman invasion was an invasion to England led by William The Conqueror and French invaders -
1346
The Plague
the plague decimated the population of England, spurring the change from French to English as the country's dominant spoken language. ... Epidemics have had a profound impact on culture across time. The Antonine Plague, a suspected outbreak of smallpox, wreaked havoc on the Roman Empire of the second century. -
1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
This book was written in middle english. Chaucer's poem follows the journey of a group of pilgrims, 31 including Chaucer himself, from the Tabard Inn in Southwark to St Thomas à Becket's shrine at Canterbury Cathedral. -
1440
The invention of the Printing Press
during this time Middle English was the language peopled used. The printing press, which helped in spreading information much more easily, was a communication revolution that introduced a torrent of new words and ways of recording work in the English language -
1497
The Discovery of North America
The Voyages of Christopher Columbus opened the New World. Italian navigator and explorer Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot) is credited with the discovery of continental North America on June 24, 1497, under the commission of Henry VII of England. During this time middle english was still being used -
1500
The English Renaissance
The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that is usually regarded as beginning in Italy in the late 14th century. Early english was the language people used during this time -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
during this time Early modern english was just started to be used.The First Folio, printed in 1623, is the first published collection of Shakespeare's plays, produced seven years after his death. Its title is Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories & Tragedies, and it groups his plays into those categories—comedies, histories, and tragedies—for the first time. -
The American Revloution
The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776. during this time early modern English was being used -
Civil War
During this time late modern english was being used. Due to Union measures such as the Confiscation Acts and the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the war effectively ended slavery, even before the institution was banned by constitutional amendment.
