English 1.07

Old English

Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1000

Ex. ðu ðe eart on heofenum

Justinians Rule

527

Islam divides into Sunni and Shiite

Jan 1, 661

Suspected date of Beowulf writings

Jan 1, 1000

The discovery of North America

Jan 1, 1000

Found by Nords some time in the year 1000

Middle English

Period: Jan 2, 1000 to Dec 31, 1549

ex. The droghte of March hath perced to the roote

Ibn Sin writes a medical textbook

Jan 1, 1030

Split of Catholic and Orthodox Church

Jan 1, 1054

The Norman Invasion

Sep 28, 1066

Marco Polo reaches China

Jan 1, 1215

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Jan 1, 1378

The invention of the Printing Press

Jan 1, 1439

Modern English

Period: Jan 1, 1550 to Jan 1, 2000

Early Modern ex. Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde to suffer
The Slings and Arrowes of outragious Fortune Late Modern English ex. Hello? Is it me you're looking for?

Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

Jan 13, 1632

The American Revolution

Jan 1, 1777

First NFL game

Jan 1, 1920

Ghandi is killed

Jan 1, 1948

Invention of Apple

Jan 1, 1976

Tang Dynasty

Mar 2, 2022