The History of the English Language

By kursenbach
  • Period: 400 to

    History of the English Language

  • Period: 500 to Sep 7, 1100

    OLD ERA

  • Sep 7, 700

    Earliest manuscripts of Old English

  • Sep 7, 1000

    Beowulf's Writing

  • Sep 7, 1066

    Norman Invasion

  • Sep 7, 1066

    King Harold is killed at Battle of Hastings

  • Period: Sep 7, 1100 to Sep 7, 1500

    MIDDLE ERA

  • Sep 7, 1209

    University of Cambridge formed

    University of Cambridge formed
  • Sep 7, 1342

    Chaucer Canterbury's Tales

  • Sep 7, 1399

    King Henry's first speech in English

  • Sep 7, 1440

    Printing Press Invented

    Printing Press Invented
  • Sep 7, 1492

    North America Discovered

  • Period: Sep 7, 1500 to

    MODERN ERA

  • Sep 8, 1553

    Publication of Thomas Wilson's "The Art of Rhetorique"

  • First Permanent English Settlement in Jamestown, VA

  • Publication of Shakespear's First Folio

    Publication of Shakespear's First Folio

  • First Copyright Act in England

  • American Revolution

  • Alfred the Great defeats vikings