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1989 BCE
Late Modern
Second edition of the "Oxford English dictionary" published. -
1928 BCE
Late Modern
The first edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" published. -
1828 BCE
Late Modern
Noah Webster publishes his "The American Dictionary of the English Language". -
1804 BCE
Late Modern
Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West. (#2 historical event) -
1795 BCE
Late Modern
First English settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. (#1 historical event) -
1623 BCE
Early Modern
First folio of Shakespeare's works is published. -
1622 BCE
Early Modern
Publication of the first English-language newspaper, the "Courante" or "Weekly News". (#3 historical event) -
1604 BCE
Early Modern
Robert Cawdrey publishes the first dictionary "A Table Alphabet". (#2 historical event) -
1590 BCE
Early Modern
William Shakespeare writes his first plays. -
1539 BCE
Early Modern
"The Great Bible" published. -
1500 BCE
Early Modern
Start of English Renaissance. -
1492 BCE
Early Modern
Discovery of North America. -
1476 BCE
Early Modern
William Caxton established the first English printing press. -
1450 BCE
Early Modern
The Great vowel shift begins. (#1 historical event) -
1388 BCE
Middle English
Chaucer begins "The Canterbury Tales". -
1385 BCE
Middle English
English replaces Latin ad main language in schools (except oxford and Cambridge) -
1362 BCE
Middle English
English is used in English Parliament for the first time. (#3 historical event) -
1349 BCE
Middle English
The black death kills one third of the British population. (#2 historical event) -
1209 BCE
Middle English
Cambridge University established. -
1180 BCE
Middle English
The "ormulum" text of the monk orm completed. -
1167 BCE
Middle English
Oxford University established. -
1154 BCE
Middle English
Eleanor of Aquitaine, trench wife of Henry II, becomes Queen consort of England. (I can't find actual dates for the Middle English) -
1150 BCE
Middle English
The oldest surviving manuscripts in Middle English date from this period. (#1 historical event) -
1100 BCE
Middle English
London becomes de facto capital of England. -
1000 BCE
Old English
The oldest surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" dates from the period. -
911 BCE
Old English
Charles II of France grants Normandy to the Viking chief Hrolf the Ganger (the beginning of Norman French. (#1 historical event) -
865 BCE
Old English
The Danes launch full-scale invasion and occupy North Umbria. -
800 BCE
Old English
Old English epic poem "Beowulf" composed. -
660 BCE
Old English
"Caedmon's Hymn" composed in Old English. -
450 BCE
Old English
Anglo-Saxton settlement (the Angles, the Saxons, the Frisians, and the Jutes) of Britain begins. (#3 historical fact) -
Period: 450 BCE to 480 BCE
Old English
Earliest old English Inscriptions. (#1 historical event) -
Period: 410 BCE to 436 BCE
Before English
Roman withdrawal from Britain. -
400 BCE
Before English
Roman withdrawal from Britain. -
Sep 28, 1066
Middle English
The Norman conquest under William the conqueror. -
Early Modern
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, established. -
Early Modern
Death of William Shakespeare. -
Period: to
Early Modern
The American Revolution begins. -
Late Modern
Last Native speaker of the Celtic Cornish language dies. -
Late Modern
George Washington defeats Cornwallis at Yorktown and Britain abandons its American colonies. -
Late Modern
British penal colony established in Australia. -
Period: to
Late Modern
United States ends slavery after Civil War. (#3 historical event) -
Present English
Gisbourne, New Zealand population 32,754 is first city in the world to welcome in the new millennium -
Present English
Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 29 people in Netanya, Israel. -
Present English
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. -
Present English
Former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow please guilty to defrauding Enron. Bush proposes ambitious space program that includes flights to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. -
Present English
English language Wikipedia reaches its on millionth article. -
Present English
The Eyak language in Alaska becomes extinct as its last Native Speaker dies (Marie Smith Jones). -
Present English
Israel begins an assault on the Gaza Strip. -
Present English
Muslim gunmen in Egypt kills nine people after opening fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians. -
Present English
Teachers and state employees protest in Wisconsin. -
Present English
A suicide bomber blows himself up at a police station in Damascus, Syria, killing 26 people and wounding 63
