English Language History

  • 400

    Beginning

    Beginning
  • 500

    Old English

    Old English
  • 501

    Horse Collars! They replaced a lot of ox

    Horse Collars! They replaced a lot of ox
  • 569

    Peter the IV dies!

    Peter the IV dies!
  • 600

    Beowulf's writing

    Beowulf's writing
  • 1100

    Normandy Invades

    Normandy Invades
  • 1150

    Middle English

    Middle English
  • 1269

    Dry compass invention!

    Dry compass invention!
  • 1350

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
  • 1469

    Lope de Barrientos, a Spanish bishop dies!

    Lope de Barrientos, a Spanish bishop dies!
  • 1500

    Modern English

    Modern English
  • 1550

    The invention of the printing press

    The invention of the printing press
  • Discovery of the Americas

    Discovery of the Americas
  • First Published Dictionary

    First Published Dictionary
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
  • World War 1

    World War 1
  • World War II

    World War II
  • Cold War

    Cold War
  • COVID

    COVID