English Language Timeline

  • Period: 400 to 1100

    Old English

  • 597

    Augustine conversion off England to Latin

    Augustine conversion off England to Latin
  • 700

    The Writing of Beowulf

    The Writing of Beowulf
  • 900

    The Viking invasions of england

    The Viking invasions of england
  • Period: 1066 to 1071

    The Norman Conquest

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1215

    Signing of the Magna Carta

    Signing of the Magna Carta
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    Hundred Years' War

  • 1362

    The Statute of Pleading makes English the official language of England

    The Statute of Pleading makes English the official language of England
  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written
  • Period: 1400 to

    The Great Vowel Shift

  • 1440

    The printing press was invented

    The printing press was invented
  • 1492

    Discovery of the Americas

    Discovery of the Americas
  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

  • King James Bible is Published

    King James Bible is Published
  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

    Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
  • Samuel Johnson's dictionary is published

    Samuel Johnson's dictionary is published
  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

  • Period: to

    World War Two