Eras of the English Language

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  • Period: 450 to 1100

    Old English

  • 800

    Viking Expansion

    Viking Expansion
  • 1000

    Suspected Date of Beowulfs Writing

    Suspected Date of Beowulfs Writing
  • 1066

    Norman Invasion

    Norman Invasion
  • 1066

    The Battle of Hastings

    The Battle of Hastings
  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1337

    The Hundred Years' War

    The Hundred Years' War
  • 1340

    Chauncer's Tales

    Chauncer's Tales
  • 1346

    Black Death

    Black Death
  • 1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Invention of the Printing Press
  • 1492

    Discovery of the Americas

    Discovery of the Americas
  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

  • Establishment of Jamestown

    Establishment of Jamestown

  • Publishing of The King James Bible

    Publishing of The King James Bible

  • Shakespeare's First Folio

    Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • World War II

    World War II