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400
Beginning of Old English
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Period: 400 to
The History of the English Language
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450
Prehistoric Old English 450 to 650
Old English is mostly a reconstructed language as no literary witnesses survive. -
525
Egypt Under Persian Rule
Persian king Cambyses won over Eygpt conquering their land and deposing of the XXVIth Dynasty and establishing Egypt as a province. -
Oct 19, 1041
The Invention of Printing Press
The Printing Press was device for evenly printing ink on a piece of paper or cloth. The device applies pressure to a print medium that rests on an inked surface made of movable type, thereby transferring the ink. The Invention of Printing Press was widely regarded as among the most influential events in the second millennium revolutionizing the way people communicate. -
Sep 25, 1066
The Norman Invasion
The Norman conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later William the Conqueror. -
Oct 18, 1342
The Canterbury Tales
A collection of stories in a frame story, between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). The pilgrims, who come from all layers of society, tell stories to each other to kill time while they travel to Canterbury. -
Aug 23, 1497
The Discovery of North America
John Cabot founded North America in the Summer of 1497 by crossing the Atlantic Ocean and coming upon a massive land area.On the achievement of finding this land he wrote 3 documents. 1- Letter from Lorenzo Pasqualigo to His Brothers Alvise and Francesco.2- First Despatch of Raimondo di Soncino to the Duke of Milan. 33- Second Despatch of Raimondo di Soncino to the Duke of Milan. 4 -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
The Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio was made after William Shakespeare's death.
Bound in "sixes" – 3 sheets of paper, taken together, were folded into a booklet-like quire or gathering of 6 leaves, 12 pages. Once printed, the "sixes" were assembled and bound together to make the book we now call The Folio, -
The American Revolution
During the late 19th Century a political upheavel started, in which the original 13 colonies came together as the United States of America to break away from the British Empire. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. By the time 1755 came around each colony estabilished a Provincial Congress. -
Modern English
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Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
c. 975-1025
an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. -
Rome Defeats the Latin Tribes
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490 Persian Wars
Persian armies were led by king Darius I.
In the famous land battle of Marathon, the Persians were defeated by the Athenians and the Plataeans.
