1.07 The History of the English Language Timeline Project (Minor Project)

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  • 410

    Germanic Arrival

  • Period: 450 to 1100

    Old English

  • 700

    Old English Manuscripts

    Earliest Manuscripts of Old English .
  • 800

    Scandinavians

    Scandinavians begin to settle in Britain and Ireland; Danes settle in parts of Ireland.
  • 950

    Danish

    Danes raid England and they establish. Danish influences English.
  • 1000

    Beowulf

    may be the oldest surviving long story in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature.
  • 1066

    Norman conquest of England

    invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy.
  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1215

    The Magna Carta

    a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.
  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    The black Plague

    most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million .
  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, stories between 1387 and 1400. It is the story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury (England). Chaucer intended that each pilgrim should tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back. He never finished his big project and even the completed stories were not finally revised.
  • 1399

    Henry the IV

    First English Speaking King to rule since the Norman Conquest .
  • 1440

    invention of the Printing Press

    Facilitated the distribution of writing and information. Invented in China and later developed in Europe.
  • 1453

    End of The Hundred Years War between England and France.

    a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne.
  • 1492

    The Discovery of North America

    Christopher Columbus Discover America .
  • Period: 1500 to

    Early Modern English

  • Shakespeare's First Folio

    Printed in 1623 consider one of the influential pieces of work of the English Language .

  • Failure of the commonwealth system

    Commonwealth system failed to provide clear, effective government.
  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

    13 colonies gaining independence from Great Britain .
  • Period: to

    Late Modern English

  • The Slave Trade Act

    Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the slave trade in the British Empire.

  • End Of World War I

    a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

  • September 11 , 2001 Terrorist attacks

    Attacks On the Twin Towers.