english timeline

By micahg12345
  • Period: 400 to

    English language

  • old English period
    450

    old English period

    Anglo-Saxon Settlement (c. 450)
  • Old English period
    599

    Old English period

    Conversion of England to Christianity (c. 600s)
  • old English period 450-1150
    700

    old English period 450-1150

    Suspected Date of Beowulf's Writing (c. 700–1000)
  • Old english
    800

    Old english

    Viking Invasions (c. 800–1016)
  • old english period
    1065

    old english period

    The Norman Invasion (1066)
  • 1066

    middle period

    Reign (1066–1087)
  • 1200

    Middle English period 1150-1500

    Middle English Period (c. 1150–1500)
  • middle period
    1214

    middle period

    Magna Carta Signed (1215)
  • middle period
    1347

    middle period

    Black Death (1347–1351)
  • middle period
    1387

    middle period

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (c. 1387–1400)
  • middle period
    1440

    middle period

    The Invention of the Printing Press (1440)
  • Modern period
    1492

    Modern period

    Discovery of the Americas (1492)
  • 1500

    modern english

    Modern English Period (c. 1500–present)
  • Modern period

    Modern period

    The Industrial Revolution (c. 1760–1840)
  • modern period

    modern period

    The American Revolution (1775–1783)
  • Modern period

    Modern period

    World War II (1939–1945)