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400
Roman withdrawal from Britain
400-436 Old English -
Period: 400 to 436
Roman withdrawal from Britain
Old English -
700
First page of Beowulf
700-1000 Old English -
792
Vikings invade Britain
Old English -
864
The Danes launch full-scale invasion and occupy Northumbria
Old English -
1066
Norman Conquest of England
Middle English -
1150
The oldest surviving manuscripts in Middle English date from this period
Middle English -
1167
Oxford University established
Middle English -
1204
King John loses the province of Normandy to France
Middle English -
1349
The Black Death Kills 1/3 of the British population.
1349-50 Modern English -
1387
The Canterbury Tales were written
1387-1400 Modern English -
1440
The Printing Press was Invented
Modern English -
1492
Christopher Columbus "discovers" America
Modern English -
William Shakespeare writes some of his first plays
Modern English -
Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language”
Modern English -
American Revolution
1765-1783 Modern Enlish -
First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published
Late Modern English -
The fifth volume of the DARE is published
Modern English