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Beowulf Composed
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Earliest Old English inscriptions
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Vikings begin raiding Britain
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Oldest manuscript of Beowulf
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Norman conquest under William the Conquerer
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"Domesday Book" composed
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The Black Death kills one third of Britains population
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Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" composed
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Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since the conquest
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Invention of Printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg
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North America is Discovered
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"The Great Bible" published
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Shakespeare's death
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Shakespeare's First Folio is published
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The American Revolution
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First publication of "The Times" newspaper in London
