English

By jordanb1997
  • 500

    Beginning of Old English

    Bryddaeg- birthday
    Modor - mother
    Faeder- father
  • 597

    St. Augustine establlishes first archbishopric at Caterbury

  • 658

    Caedmon's Hymn

  • Beowulf's Writing
    700

    Beowulf's Writing

  • 793

    Vikings invade and conquer parts of North and Central England

  • The Norman Invasion
    1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • 1100

    Beginning of Middle English

    birth, day- birthday
    Moder- mother
    Fader- father
  • 1200

    Great Vowel shift

  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    1343

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • Wycliffe Bible to English
    1384

    Wycliffe Bible to English

  • Invention of the Printing Press
    1450

    Invention of the Printing Press

  • 1492

    Discovery of America

    Discovery of America
  • 1500

    Beginning of Modern English

    birthday
    Mother
    Father
  • Birth of Shakespeare
    1564

    Birth of Shakespeare

  • Dictionary BBM

  • Beginning of the American Revolution

    Beginning of the American Revolution

  • Dr. Ayyadurai invented email

  • Encyclopedia Britanica discontinued print

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