Eniglish Timeline

By Womps
  • Period: 400 to 1100

    Old Eniglish

  • 410

    Three Germanic Tribes Inveade Britan. The Saxon gain control of modern day England.

    This event is the start of what would evolve into modern English.
  • 750

    Beowulf's Writing

  • 850

    The Vikings Invade England

    The Vikings Invade England this leads there being more langues that mix with English.
  • 995

    The Battle of Maldon Pome Written by an unknowen author

    A heroic poem that got written in old English by an unknown author the earilst manuscript was lost in the 1700's.
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    MIddle Eniglish

  • 1154

    The Fall of the Norman Empier

    The Norman Empire falls and more French words are incorporated with English.
  • 1320

    The Black Plag

    The Black Plug spreads through Europe killing a quarter of the population.
  • 1400

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1450

    The Invention of the Printing Press

  • 1450

    The Great Vowel Change

    The Great Vowel Change changed how vowels were used and how they sounded.
  • 1492

    The discovery of North America

  • 1500

    The Start of the Scientific Revolutions

    The Start of the Scientific Revolutions leads to many new works being written that formed the basics of modern science.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern Eniglish

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

  • The Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution led to many new inventions and many new words for all the new inventions.

  • The British Empire at it's Largest

    After WW1 the British Empire at it's largest having over 25% of the world's land in it's empire.

  • The Invention of the Internet

    The Invention of the Internet lead to people being able to write online and talk to each other. This and WW2 lead to English being the biggest langue.