1.07 English Language Timeline By kochka 500 Old English Words - art means are, cometh means comes, thou means you, yore means years ago. Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1100 Old English Jan 1, 700 Earliest manuscript records of Old English Jan 1, 1000 Beowulf epic poem Only surviving manuscript Jan 1, 1066 The Norman Invasion Jan 1, 1100 Middle English words - drede means doubt, anon means immediately, eek means also Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle English Jan 1, 1171 University of Oxford Founded Jan 1, 1215 King James signs the Magna Carta Jan 1, 1387 The Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1399 King Henry IV becomes first monarch to deliver speech in English Jan 1, 1440 Invention of the Printing Press Jan 1, 1492 North America Discovered Jan 1, 1500 Early Modern words - lyf means leef, feef means five, bahth means bath Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 2012 Modern English Jan 1, 1588 Elizabeth 1 begins her 45 year reign as queen of England Nov 8, 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Jan 1, 1775 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence was signed Jan 1, 1800 Modern English words - black vs blak, case vs caas, meat vs mete Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Mar 2, 2022 Alfred becomes King of Wessex Mar 2, 2022 The Battle of Maldon
