english timeline

Period: Apr 20, 1066 to Apr 20, 1485

midevil period
Apr 22, 1066

William the Conqueror Becomes King of England
Aug 10, 1066

Normans defeat Saxons

normans defeated the saxons at the battle of hastings
Apr 22, 1272

Edward I becomes king
Apr 22, 1277

England conquers Wales
Apr 22, 1348

Black Death sweeps through England
Apr 22, 1381

First Bible is translated into English
Apr 22, 1386

Geoffrey Chaucer began writing The Canterbury Tales
Apr 22, 1470

Thomas Malory writes Morte d' Arthur
Period: Apr 22, 1485 to Apr 22, 1660

The Renaissance
Apr 22, 1516

Thomas More publishes Utopia
Apr 22, 1534

The Church of England is established
Apr 22, 1547

Henry VIII dies
Apr 22, 1558

Elizabeth I becomes queen
Apr 22, 1564

William Shakespeare is born
Period: Apr 22, 1586 to Apr 22, 1603

Elizabethan Period
Apr 22, 1594

Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet
Apr 22, 1599

Globe theater opens
Mar 23, 1603

James I becomes king
Apr 22, 1603

Elizabeth I dies
Apr 22, 1611

King James Bible is published
Apr 22, 1625

James I dies
Apr 22, 1633

John Donne's Songs and Sonnets published
Apr 22, 1635

Public mail service established
Period: Apr 22, 1660 to Apr 22, 1798

The Neoclassical period
Apr 22, 1667

John Milton's Paradise Lost is published
Apr 22, 1685

James II becomes king
Apr 22, 1712

Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock
Apr 22, 1726

Jonathon Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels
Apr 22, 1751

Thomas Gray publishes "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"
Apr 22, 1793

England goes to war with France
Period: Apr 22, 1798 to Sep 17, 1832

The Romantic Period
Apr 22, 1813

Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
Apr 22, 1818

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley publishes Frankenstein
Apr 22, 1819

Shelley write "Ode to the West Wind"
Apr 22, 1820

John Keats publishes "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Period: Apr 22, 1832 to Apr 22, 1900

The Victorian Period
Period: Apr 22, 1900 to Apr 22, 2012

The Modern Period
Apr 22, 1901

Edward VII becomes king
Apr 22, 1914

British enter World War I
Apr 22, 1922

James Joyce publishes Ulysses
Apr 22, 1939

Britain enters World War II
Apr 22, 1940

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister
Apr 22, 1952

Elizabeth II becomes queen
Mar 2, 2022

celtic church began

Celtic church began to spread Christianity among people who lived in the Severn Valley.
Mar 2, 2022

beowulf

beowulf was an epic poem that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Mar 2, 2022

alfred the great becomes king

became king of wessex
Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Apr 20, 1066

old english/ anglo saxan period

midevil period

William the Conqueror Becomes King of England

Normans defeat Saxons

Edward I becomes king

England conquers Wales

Black Death sweeps through England

First Bible is translated into English

Geoffrey Chaucer began writing The Canterbury Tales

Thomas Malory writes Morte d' Arthur

The Renaissance

Thomas More publishes Utopia

The Church of England is established

Henry VIII dies

Elizabeth I becomes queen

William Shakespeare is born

Elizabethan Period

Shakespeare writes Romeo and Juliet

Globe theater opens

James I becomes king

Elizabeth I dies

King James Bible is published

James I dies

John Donne's Songs and Sonnets published

Public mail service established

The Neoclassical period

John Milton's Paradise Lost is published

James II becomes king

Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock

Jonathon Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels

Thomas Gray publishes "Elegy in a Country Churchyard"

England goes to war with France

The Romantic Period

Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley publishes Frankenstein

Shelley write "Ode to the West Wind"

John Keats publishes "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

The Victorian Period

The Modern Period

Edward VII becomes king

British enter World War I

James Joyce publishes Ulysses

Britain enters World War II

Winston Churchill becomes prime minister

Elizabeth II becomes queen

celtic church began

beowulf

alfred the great becomes king

old english/ anglo saxan period