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History of English
Created by
Yeyis Santos
⟶ Updated 3 Mar 2020 ⟶
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Events
Baptizing King Ethelbert of Kent
Linking English culture with Europe
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
The Scandinavian invasion began
The Scandinavians began a campaign to conquer all of England.
Alfred became king of Wessex
Ælfric became the major prose writer of the Old English period
Olaf Tryggvason invaded England
Old English epic Beowulf was written
Canute became king of England
Edward the Confessor became king of England.
William was crowned king of England
The Normans conquered England
King John lost Normandy
The first English-language royal proclamation since the Conquest
Nuevo evento
Nuevo evento
Nuevo evento
The Statute of Pleadings was enacted
The Peasants’ Revolt led by Wat Tyler
John Wycliffe died
Geoffrey Chaucer died
The Chancery office began recordkeeping
William Caxton brought printing to England
Henry Tudor ending thirty years of civil strife
John Cabot sailed to Nova Scotia
Supreme Head of the Church of England
Elizabeth I became queen of England
First English dictionary
The Authorized or King James Version of the Bible
The English first settled Australia
Invasion of England
References
Periods
The Old English Period
The Middle English Period
The Black Death killed an estimated one-third of England’s population and continued to plague
The Early Modern English Period
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated the globe