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A Comprehensive Timeline of the History of English
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the first 1000 years
A Comprehensive Timeline of English History*
The Norman Conquest
Vikings & Danes
King Edward I
Anglo-Saxon Settlement
792 AD - Vikings begin raiding Britain
865 AD - Danes arrive in East Anglia, take over most of Britain
1295 AD - King Edward I united English through nationhood under threat of French invasion
English starts to have strong footing amongst the population
c. 450 AD - West German tribes such as Frisians, Jutes, Angles, Saxons arrive on British shores.
Frisian becomes root of English
1066 AD - William the Conqueror takes over Britain
Norman French, feudalism introduced to Britain
British/English oppressed
900 A.D.
1150 A.D.
650 A.D.
1400 A.D.
400 A.D.
The Black Plague
King Henry II & Queen Eleanor
King Alfred the Great
Arrival of Religion & Latin
1349-50 AD - the Black Plague destroys much of Europe, wiping out many of the literate English
871 AD - King Alfred encourages English prose, Latin translation
878 AD - King Alfred defeats Danes, Danelaw/Wessex division
597 AD - St. Augustine arrives in Kent
Christianity and Latin introduced to Anglo-Saxons
1154 AD - King Henry & Queen Eleanor inherit British territory, introduce arts & culture
Bloom of chivalry, romance, poetry