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1361
Wycliffe at Fillingham
1376
Wycliffe summoned by John of Gaunt
1377
Wycliffe accused of seditious preaching
1382
Winchester School established
1440
Eton established
1468
Life of William Lily
1488
Lily becomes student of Stanbridge
1499
Erasmus and Blount travel to England
1509
Erasmus writes "The Praise of Folly"
1511
Erasmus' "De Ratione Studii"
1511
Erasmus publishes "De Copia"
1512
Lily becomes 1st master of St. Pauls
1513
Lily's "Absolutissimus"
1514
Life of Ascham
1530
Life of Mulcaster
1530
Ascham enrolls Cambridge university
1537
Ascham awarded MA
1544
Ascham offered postion with Blount
1544
Ascham offered position teaching Moore's grandchildren
1544
Cheke becomes tutor to Prince Edward
1548
Mulcaster matriculates at King's College, Cambridge
1553
Birth of Florio
1557
Stationers' Company formed
1560
Mulcaster marries Katherine Ashley
1596
Coote is headmaster of King Edward VI Free School
1609
Coote dies
1640
Elisha Coles born
1658
Coles enters Magdalen College, Oxford
1659
Coles matriculates from Magdalen College, Oxford
1661
Morgan's "Sphere of Gentry"
1661
Coles leaves Magdalen College, Oxford
1662
Act of Uniformity
1674
Coles teaching in Russell Street
1678
Coles applies for mastership of Wolverhampton Grammar
1683
Moxon's "Mechanik Exercises"
1742
Death of Bailey
1757
Warrington Academy
1761
Priestley joins Warrington Academy
1766
Lunar Society founded
1776
Smith's "Wealth of Nations"
1776
Birth of Birkbeck
1781
Manchester Literary and Philosophica Society formed
1783
Manchester College of Arts and Sciences established
1790
Owen becomes cotton spinner in Manchester
1790
Birkbeck moves to Sedbergh
1803
Lancaster's "Improvements in Education"
1804
Birkbeck sets up medical practice in London
1806
Birkbeck marries Catherine Lloyd
1809
London Institution founded
1814
British and Foreign School Society formed
1818
"Education of the Lower Orders" report published
1818
Committee opens school in Westminster
1819
Hill opens school in Birmingham
1819
Arnold leaves Oxford
1820
Committee opens school in Spitalfields
1824
Foundation of London Infant School Society
1827
Headmastership at Rugby becomes vacant
1828
Arnold starts as headmaster at Rugby
1830
Petition to incorporate University of London
1833
Hill's school moves to Tottenham
1838
Arnold resigns from Senate of University of London
1838
Kay obtains grant for Norwood school
1841
Arnold Modern History professor at Oxford
1841
Death of Birkbeck
1841
Cheltenham College founded
1843
Graham's Factory Bill
1845
Arnold elected to fellowship at Oxford
1851
College opens in Manchester
1853
Cheltenham Ladies' College founded
1857
Call for Oxbridge school exams
1858
Thring examiner at Cambridge
1861
Clarendon chairs Royal Commission
1862
Revised Code document
1868
Taunton Commission report published
1868
Forster in charge of Education Department
1869
Women's college started at Hitchen
1870
Forster introduces Education Bill
1872
Vietor teaches German in England
1873
College at Hitchen moves to Girton
1875
Newnham College opened
1882
Vietor at University College, Liverpool
1883
City Parochial Charities Act
1884
Royal Commission on Technical Instruction report published
1886
Modern Languages Tripos started at Cambridge
1887
Jowett's address to teachers of French
1888
Cross Commission issues reports
1889
Technical Instruction Act
1894
Bryce Commission appointed
1895
Bryce Commission report
1899
Palmer takes over editorship of Hythe Reporter
1903
Oxford Honours School of Modern Languages set up
1922
Palmer leaves England for Japan
1926
Haycraft born
1935
1st year-long EFL training course established
1961
Some Leeds primary schools start French at 10
1961
Pritchard obtains BA
1962
Pritchard obtains Dip. Ed.
1963
Spicer's team at Leeds Uni begin work on "En Avant"
1963
Otter's aural-oral test piloted
1964
2nd phase of Otter's pilot aural-oral tests
1966
Crystal obtains PhD
1969
Goodchild joins Anglo-Continental
1970
Hirst obtains MA from Essex
1971
Hawkes obtains MA from Leeds
1971
Bolitho works at Filton Technical College
1972
Clarke obtains BA at London University
1973
Clarke obtains PGCE at London University
1973
Pritchard obtains MA
1973
Rea works in Colchester
1974
Rea studies at Lancaster
1974
Chapman takes Dip TEO
1975
Rea works at Lancaster
1975
Goodchild becomes Dos at AngloContinental
1975
Matthews teaches at Manchester University
1976
Rea works at IELE at Lancaster
1976
North does RSA Cert
1977
ICC workshop in Chorley
1977
Ferentzi-Sheppard participated in ICC Chorley
1977
Oxford University award Hornby honorary Masters
1977
Simmonds completes M.Ed.
1978
Dunford House seminars started
1978
ICC course in Chorley
1979
Clarke obtains MA at Uni of Wales
1980
Sir Henry Besson adresses solicotors' conference
1980
Bolitho appointed head of ELT at South Devon College
1983
ESP for the Arab World conference at Aston
1992
Alston Hall seminar
2006
Bolitho resigned from St Mark & St John College