Old English Period (449 - 1100) Middle English Period (1100m- 1500)

By Claudia D Villeda
  • 410

    Attack to the British Celts

    Attack to the British Celts
    Early fifth Century, Picts from the north and Scots from the west savagely attacked the unprotected British Celts who didn't have skills with weapons.
  • 449

    Landing of the Saxons

    Landing of the Saxons
    In this date was the first landing of the Saxons. With this event the old Englsh period begins.
  • 597

    Pope Gregory I

    Pope Gregory I
    Pope Gregory I dispatched a band of missionaries to the Angles in accordance with a resolve he had made some years before.
  • 601

    Augustine Archbishop

    Augustine Archbishop
    Augustine was consecrated first archbishop of Canterbury, and there was a church in England.
  • 664

    Uncertainty in Old England

    Uncertainty in Old England
    For a time, it was uncertain whether England would go with Rome or the Celts. That questio was resolved at Synod, held at Whitby.
  • 730

    Britons appealed for help

    Britons appealed for help
    At this time, almost three centuries after the event, The Britons appealed to Rome for help against the Pics and Scots.
  • 865

    Ivar the Boneless

    Ivar the Boneless
    An organized army landed in East Anglia, led by Ivar the Boneless and his brother Halfdan.
  • 870

    Vikings Attack

    Vikings Attack
    The Vikings attacked Wessex ruled by the first Ethelred.
  • 878

    Victory

    Victory
    Alfred won a a signal victory at Edington.
  • 899

    Alfred the Great

    Alfred the Great
    The superlative great Alfred took place at this time, whose successors after his death took for themselves the title Rex Anglorum "King of the English."
  • 900

    Diagraph "th"

    Diagraph "th"
    Some text started to be written with the diagraph "th"
  • 991

    Byrhtnoth

    Byrhtnoth
    English beginning with the glorious if successful stand made by the men of Essex under Byrhtnoth
  • 1000

    Many Changes

    Many Changes
    In a period of 600 years many changes are bound to occur in sounds, grammar, and vocabulary.
  • 1016

    King Canute

    King Canute
    King Canute came to the throne and was succeeded by two sons: Harold Harefoot and Hardicanute.
  • 1066

    William the Conqueror

    William the Conqueror
    Under the leadership of William the Conqueror, they defeated the English and their hapless King Harold at the battle of Hastings.
  • 1204

    Loss of Normandy

    Loss of Normandy
    The loss of Normandy by King John removed an important tie with France.
  • 1337

    Hundred Years' War

    Hundred Years' War
    The Hundred Years' War saw England and France bitter enemies. In a long drawn-out conflict.
  • 1339

    Henry IV

    Henry IV
    Public documents and records began to be written in English, and Henry IV used English to claim the throne.
  • 1400

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer
    Geoffrey Chaucer died having produced highly influencial body of English Poetry.
  • 1476

    William Caxton

    William Caxton
    William Caxton brought printing to England to promote Literacy.