Old English

  • Period: 400 to

    Old English

  • 432

    St. Patrick returns to Ireland island.

    St. Patrick returns to Ireland and brings Christianity to the island.
  • Period: 450 to 1100

    Old Middle

  • 455

    Vandals destroy Rome

    Western Roman Empire comes to and end.
  • 594

    Plague in Europe

    Plague in Europe
    A plague killed half the population in 594 know as the Black Plague
  • 1000

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing,

  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

  • 1476

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • Jun 24, 1497

    The discovery of North America

  • Period: 1500 to

    Early modern

  • 1501

    First black slaves in America

    The Spanish Colon's brought African Americans to Santo Domingo
  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock after 3 months on The MayFlower
  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The Boston Massacre.

    The Boston Massacre.
    British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
  • The American Revolution.

  • Napoleon conquers

    Napoleon conquer Italy and after that he declared himself as the first Consul of France
  • Period: to

    Modern

  • World War I

    Austria declares war on Serbia, Germany on Russia and France, Britain on Germany.
  • Attack on the Twin Towers

    Attack on the Twin Towers
    terrorists aboard three hijacked passenger planes carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City. The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing everyone on board the planes and nearly 3,000 people on the ground.