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410 BCE
410
The Goths, speakers of a now extinct East Germanic language, sack Rome. The first Germanic tribes arrive in Britain. -
500
St. Augustine Arrives in Britain
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580
Suspected date of Beowulf’s writing
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600
Anglo-Saxon Language covers most of modern day English
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700
Vikings Raids of Britain begin
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800
Old English Epic poem Beowulf composed
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871
The Anglo-Saxon Chronical began
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900
Charles II of France grants Normandy to the Viking Chief Hrolf the Gange
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1000
The oldest surviving manuscript of Beowulf dates from the period
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1066
The Norman Invasion
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1086
Domesday book created
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1100
London becomes De Facto Capital of England
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1200
King John loses the province of Normandy to France
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1215
Magna Carta created
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1300
Britain broadcasting Corporation
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1300
English is used in English Parliament for the first time
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1400
The great Vowel Shift begin
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1450
Printing Press was born
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1492
Discovery of America
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1500
Start of English Renaissance
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1536
Great Bible Published
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Robert Cawdrey publishes the first permanent English Dictionary
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Jamestown was established
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Discovery of North America
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Publication of Shakespeare's first folio
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Publication of the first daily English Language newspaper
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The American Revolution
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Britain colony established in Australia
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Second edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" got published
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First Black President
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Osama Bin Laden Died