English over the Years

By Ethanrowan
  • Period: 400 to

    English History

  • Period: 500 to 1000

    Old English

    (Eald - means old)
    (Brodor - means brother)
    (Hus - means house)
    (Nett - means net)
    (Riht - means right)
    (Widuwe - stands for widow)
    (Wif - means wife)
    (Wifmann - the term for woman)
  • 570

    Muhammad

    Muhammad
  • 580

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

  • 800

    Charlemagne is crowned King of the Holy Roman Empire.

  • 863

    The First Great Schism

  • Period: 1000 to 1500

    Middle English

    (al, al be, al be that: although, even if)
    (als, also: also, as)
    (anon: at once, immediately)
    (aventure: chance)
    (bet: better)
    (but, but if: unless)
    (can, kan, conne, con, konne: to be able, to know, to know how; to learn, to understand.)
    (cas, caas: case, situation, event; chance, accident; fate)
    (certes: certainly)
    (clepe(n): call, name, mention)
    (conseil: council; to counsel or advise; secret(s), confidence(s))
    (corage: heart; spirit; courage; desire)
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • 1099

    First Crusade

  • 1119

    Knights Templar Order founded in Britain

  • 1347

    Black Death

  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

  • 1444

    First movable Printing Press

  • 1453

    End of Byzantine Empire

  • 1492

    The discovery of North America

  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

    Modern English includes words that we use today.

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

  • American Civil War

  • World War 1

  • World War 2

    World War 2