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Period: 400 to
English Language
The English language from its creation to to the present. -
Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
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660
“Cædmon's Hymn” composed in Old English
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731
The Venerable Bede writes “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”
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792
Viking raids of Britain begin
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900
Suspected time of Beowulf's writing
This is a rough estimate of when Beowulf's writing were written. -
Oct 14, 1066
The Norman Invasion
Norman Conquest, the military conquest of England by William, duke of Normandy, primarily effected by his decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings and resulting ultimately in profound political, administrative, and social changes in the British Isles. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1215
Declaration of Magna Carta
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Period: 1315 to 1317
The Great Famine
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Period: 1348 to 1350
The Black Death
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Period: 1387 to 1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1440
Invention of the Printing Press
A faster and better way of coping text onto paper. Gutenberg invented the printing press, which started a printing revolution. -
1492
The discovery of North America
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Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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King James Bible
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
One of the most influential books ever published in the English language -
"Thou"
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Period: to
The American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. -
Period: to
Late Modern English
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Period: to
WWI
World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, the Seminal Catastrophe, and initially in North America as the European War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
