English Language Timeline

By EmmaRhoads
  • Angles and Saxons first arrive
    449

    Angles and Saxons first arrive

    Old English
  • Vikings invasions began
    787

    Vikings invasions began

    Old English
  • Beowulf's writing
    975

    Beowulf's writing

    Old English
  • Cnut becomes King of England
    1016

    Cnut becomes King of England

    Old English
  • The Norman Invasion
    1066

    The Norman Invasion

    Middle English
  • The Assize of Clarendon
    1166

    The Assize of Clarendon

    Middle English
  • The Treaty of Perth
    1266

    The Treaty of Perth

    Middle English
  • The plague or Black Death
    1348

    The plague or Black Death

    Middle English
  • Printing Press
    1436

    Printing Press

    Middle English
  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    1476

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    Middle English
  • Discovery of the Americas
    1492

    Discovery of the Americas

    Middle English
  • First English Dictionary

    First English Dictionary

    Modern English
  • Shakespeare's First Folio

    Shakespeare's First Folio

    Modern English
  • The Great Vowel Shift

    The Great Vowel Shift

    Modern English
    1400-1700
  • The American Revaluation

    The American Revaluation

    Modern English
  • Attack on Gaspee

    Attack on Gaspee

    Modern English
  • World War ll

    World War ll

    Modern English