The history of English Language

  • 800

    Old English epic poem "Beowulf" composed

  • 899

    King Alfred

  • 1000

    The history of Beowulf's writing

  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • 1342

    Chaucer

  • 1348

    The black death

  • 1400

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

  • 1492

    The discovery of North America

  • Publican of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

  • The second edition of The Oxford English Dictionary is published

  • The Second Volume

  • The fifth volume

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