The Anglo Saxon or Old English Period (Timeline & Major Events)
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Old English Period (400 AD. – 1066 A.D)
Anglo Saxon or Old English Period
449 ——— Germanic tribes invade England
460 ——— Mayan Culture peaks in Mexico
517 ——— Buddhism is introduced into China
537 ——— Arthur, legendary king of Britain, dies
571 ——— Muhammad, the founder of Islam, is born, Makka
597 ——— St. Augustine establishes monastery in Canterbury
664 ——— British Christian Church is united with Roman Catholic Church
673 ——The Venerable Bede, the earliest English Historian and important prose writer, is born.
683 ——— Empress Wu becomes the first women To rule China
700 ——— China: Li Po and Tu Fu compose some of China’s greatest poetry
712 ——— Kojiki ( a record of the legendary origin of Japan)
731 ——— Ecclesiastical History of the English People by The Venerable Bede
768 ——— Charlemagne becomes King of France
787 ——— Danish invasion begins
793 ———Vikings invade Britain
800 ——— Germany: Hildebrandslied (Song of Hildebrand)—the oldest known German Literary Work
871 ——— Alfred the Great’s rule begins
892 ——— Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
1000 ——— Leif Eriksson sails to North America
1042 ——— Edward the Confessor, last English king to descend and Alfred the Great, begins his rule
Setting The Scene
“The barbarians drive us to the sea; the sea drives us back towards the barbarians. Between them we are exposed to two sorts of death. We are either slain or drowned.”
This description was part of a desperate plea for help sent in the early 400s by the Celtic people of Britain to the consul of Rome. The Celts were under attack by Scottish and Irish tribes, but Rome was too busy trying to save its own crumbling empire to spare any soldiers. Next, the Celts sought help from the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—tribes that occupied regions of what is now Germany. Unfortunately, these tribes viewed the Celts plea as an opportunity to take over Britain.The Anglo-Saxon warriors, clothed in animal skins and wielding spears drove the Celts into the mountains and took the land for their own. It was a bloody beginning for the nation that would come be known as England.
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