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The Old English period begins. Angles-Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians began to occupy Great Britain changing its major population to English speakers.
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St. Augustine of Cant4erbury arrived in England to begin the conversion of English king Ethelbert, introducing the Latin language.
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The Synod of Whitby aligned the English with the Roman rather than Celtic Christianity, linking English culture with main stream culture.
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The venerable Bede produced his eclesiastical "History of English People"
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The Scandinavian invasion of Britain began.
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The Scandinavian occupied northeastern Britain and began a campaign to conquer all of England
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Alfred became king of Wessex and reign to his death in 899, established the Danelaw and produced or sponsored the transtation of Latin words into English.
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Aelfric the homilistand grammarian became the major prose writer of the Old English.
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Olaf Trygguason invaded England, and the Englsh were defeated at the battle of Maldon.
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The manuscript of the Old English epic Beowulf was written about this time.
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Canute became king of England establishing a Danish dynasty in Britain.
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The Danish dynasty ended, and Edward the Confessor became king of England.
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Edward the Confessor died and was succeededby Harold, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings. William Duke of Normandy was crowded king of England on December 25th., introducing Norman French
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King John lost Normandy to the French, beginning the looseing of ties between England and the continent.
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King Henry III issued the first English-language royal proclamation since the conquer.
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The Hundred Years' War began and lasted until 1453, promoting English nationalism.
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The Black Death killed an estimated of one third England's population and continued to plague the country for much of the rest of the century.
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The Black Death killed an estimated of one third of England's population and continued to plague the country for much of the rest of the country.
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The statute of Pleadings was enacted, requiring all court proceedings to be conducted in English.
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The peasants's revolt led byWar Tyler was the first rebellion of working-class people against their explotation.
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John Wycliffe died having promoted the first translation of scripture into the English language
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Geoffry Chaucer died having produced a highly influencial body of English poetry.
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The Chancery Office began record-keeping in the for of East Midland English, which became the written standard of English.
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William Caxton brought printing to England, thus promoting literacy throughout the population.
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Henry Tudor became king of England, ending thirty years of civil strife, called the War of the Roses, and introducing 118 years of the Tudor dynasy,
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John Cabot sailed to Nova Scotia, forshadowing English territorial expansion overseas.
