Timeline: english | Timetoast

450

Old English
Period: 450 to Jan 1, 2012

HIstory of English
Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1100

Old English
520

The writing of Beowulf
Jan 1, 601

AEthelbert of Kent's Baptism

The first king to convert to Christianity.
Jan 1, 673

Birth of Venerable Bede

The monk who composed "Tthe Eclesiastical History of the English People" in Latin
Jan 1, 700

Earliest Manuscript of Old English
Jan 1, 1066

Normandy Invasion
Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1500

Middle English
Jan 1, 1171

University of Oxford is Founded
Jan 1, 1209

University of Cambridge is Formed

Also, founded by the founders of University of Oxford
Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Jan 1, 1400

Chauncer's Canterbury Tales
Jan 1, 1399

King Henry IV Coronation

First monarch to give a speech in all English
Jan 1, 1492

Discovery of North America
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 2012

Modern English
Jan 1, 1623

Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Period: Jan 1, 1765 to Jan 1, 1783

American Revolution
Jan 1, 1811

Invention of the Printing Press
Jan 1, 1939

World War 2 Begins
Jan 1, 1997

First Social Network is Launched
Jan 1, 2012

Fifth Volume of Dictionary of American Regional English is Published