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400
Beowulf's Writing
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Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1150
Old English
In 731 Bede wrote the "Ecclesiastical history of the English People" in lattin -
Jan 1, 1066
The Norman Ivasion
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Period: Jan 1, 1150 to Jan 1, 1500
Middle Enlish
In 1362 the statue of pleading declared English as the official spoken language of the courts. -
Jan 1, 1387
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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Jan 1, 1440
Invention of The Printing Press
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Jan 1, 1492
The Discovery of America
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Modern English
In 1476 ten thousand word were added to the Enlish language. -
Publication of Shakespear's first Portfolio
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The American Revolution
