History of English

By DomenickO
  • Period: 450 to 1100

    Old English

  • Period: 800 to 1100

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

    Some time between the 8th and 11th century was when Beowulf's writing was suspected of being written.
  • The Norman Invasion
    1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • Period: 1340 to 1400

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • Period: 1500 to

    Early Modern English

    Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio and The invention of the Printing Press
  • The discovery of North America

    The discovery of North America

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

  • Period: to

    Late Modern English

  • Berlin wall destroyed

    Berlin wall destroyed

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