English Language Timeline

By noahp2320420
  • Period: 400 to

    English Timeline

  • 600

    Britons and the Anglo-Saxons

    These two fought for over 100 years over territory until the Anglo-Saxons lost and had to become their slaves.
  • 700

    Beowulfs Suspected Writing

    It was composed some time between 500 and 1000 CE.
  • Norman Invasion
    1066

    Norman Invasion

    The Norman Invasions happened from 1066 to 1071 and caused old English to quit being used.
  • William The Conquerer Defeats Harold at the Battle of Hastings
    Nov 12, 1066

    William The Conquerer Defeats Harold at the Battle of Hastings

    William the Conquerer was the reason English was stopped because he demanded they learned a different language in schools now.
  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    A hearing saying that the King and his Governments were not above the law
  • The Canterbury Tales
    1392

    The Canterbury Tales

    This story is written in Middle English in the late 1300's. This story was written in Middle English but one of the later known methods of Middle English right before it turned into Modern English (Shakespeare Writing)
  • The invention of the Printing Press
    1436

    The invention of the Printing Press

    Johhanes Cuttenburg invented the Printing Press making it much easier more Modern English to become a thing and everyone uses that language.
  • 1492

    The Discovery of The Americas

    Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean and found new territory.

  • Shakespeare First Folio

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution

  • The United Louisiana Purchase

    The United States expands and buys more land.

  • Slavery embalmment

    Slavery is starting to slow down and will no longer be a thing in 100 years.

  • World War II