History of English Language

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  • Period: 400 to

    History of English Language

  • Period: 500 to 1100

    Old English

  • 601

    Widsith

  • 660

    Caedmom Hymn

  • 700

    Beowulf's Writing

    Beowulf's writing is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.
  • 800

    Viking

    Viking
    The Vikings came over from Scandinavia and invaded Britain.
  • 1066

    Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1343

    Chaucers Canter Bury Tales

  • 1350

    Great Vowel Shift

    The Great Vowel Shift was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.
  • 1384

    Bible in English

    Bible in English
  • 1400

    Middle English

    English gradually took over again from the early French.
  • 1476

    Printing Press Comes to England

    Printing Press Comes to England
    Before the printing press European texts were printed using a form of wood blocking.
  • 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

  • Publication of Shakespears's first folio

  • American Revolution

  • Internet