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May 2, 625
Rise of Northumbria
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May 2, 650
Rise of Mercia
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May 2, 750
"Beowulf" Composed
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May 2, 1042
Edward the Confessor crowned King
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Jan 5, 1066
King Edward the Confessor dies
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May 2, 1066
French and Latin replace English as official language
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May 2, 1066
Norman Conquest
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May 2, 1066
Battle of Hastings
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May 2, 1086
"Domesday Book"
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May 2, 1087
Death of William the Conqueror
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May 2, 1087
King William invades Wales
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May 2, 1096
Crusade
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May 2, 1147
Second Crusade
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May 2, 1150
Earliest surviving Manuscript
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May 2, 1170
"The Owl and the Nightengale" by Anonymous
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May 2, 1171
Henri II conquers Ireland
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May 2, 1204
Loss of Normandy
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May 2, 1215
Magna Carta is signed
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May 2, 1216
Henry III becomes King of England
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May 2, 1236
Barons War
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May 2, 1241
Imprisonment of Prince Gruffydd
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Nov 16, 1272
King Henry III dies
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Nov 16, 1272
Edward I becomes King of England
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May 2, 1300
London as Commercial Capital
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Jul 7, 1307
King Edward I dies
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Jul 7, 1307
Edward II becomes King of England
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May 2, 1337
Start of the Hundred Years War
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May 2, 1348
First Outbreak of Black Death
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May 2, 1348
English replaces Latin as the medium of instruction in schools
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May 2, 1360
"Piers Plowman" by William Langland
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May 2, 1362
English is used in Parliament for the first time
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May 2, 1363
English is declared as the language used in court proceedings
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May 2, 1380
Bible in English
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May 2, 1393
"Revelations of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich
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May 2, 1399
Henry IV becomes the first English-speaking King
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Augustine arrives in Kent
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Viking Invasion
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Danelaw Established
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Second Viking Invasion
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Edward the Martyr becomes King of England
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King Edward the Martyr Murdered
