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700
First Translations
Only parts of the Bible were translated into Old English from 700-1100. -
700
Beowulf
Beowulf is believed to have first been told in 700. -
1521
Fall of the Aztec Empire
Hernan Cortes leads the Spanish Conquest and defeats the Aztecs. -
1526
Tyndale’s New Testament
William Tyndale was the first man to translate the New Testament into English from Greek, using Desiderius Erasmus’ 1516 Greek version. -
1560
Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible was produced by Protestant scholars in Geneva, using Theodore Beza’s Latin translation, Hebrew texts, Greek texts, and Tyndale’s work. The Geneva Bible had several significant features, which eventually led to the reputation that it was the very first study bible -
King James Version (KJV)
The KJV was commissioned by King James I of England and was translated by approximately 50 biblical scholars. The original edition of the KJV included a preface by the translators stating, “…we never thought from the beginning, that we should need to make a new Translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one… but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones, one principal good one.” -
Plymouth Colony
The first European colony in New England was created in present day Plymouth, Massachusetts. -
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the United States -
New International Version (NIV)
The NIV is the product of an international group of more than a one hundred scholars. It is called “international” because it was prepared by scholars from thirteen different denominations from five different English-speaking countries, and because the translators attempted to use vocabulary common to the major English-speaking nations of the world. The translators' goal was to convey in English the thought of the original writers. -
The Internet
On 6 August 1991, the World Wide Web became publicly available. -
TK Mays
