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Created by troydenite on Nov 22, 2010

Last updated: 11/22/10 at 01:30 AM

• Chaucer
  Nov 22, 2010

• Oxford English Dictionary
  1858

• Webster's Dictionary
  1828

• Samuel Johnson
  1755

• Shakespeare
  Jul 11, 1564

• Black Death
  1348

• Hundred Years' War
  1204

• Normans
  1066

  Normans arrive, conquer Britain

• Beowulf Written ( Exact date uncertain)
  Jan 5, 800 AD

  Beowulf written sometime in this time period

• Viking Invasions of Britain
  Jan 5, 787 AD

  Vikings invade Britain thrice, eventually conquer it

• Bede writes Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  Jan 5, 731 AD

  This book written to help English people learn about history