History of English

By Aiimless
  • 400

    year 400

  • 476

    Fall of The Roman Empire

    Old event #1
  • 570

    Muhammad Born

    Old event #2
  • Jan 1, 725

    Suspected Date of Beowolf's writing

    It says anywhere from 600 AD to 1100 AD so I picked this as a good medium.
  • Jan 1, 800

    Crowning of First Holy Roman Emperor

    Old event #3
  • ^ Old English ^
    Jan 1, 1065

    ^ Old English ^

  • Jan 1, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    From 1066 - 1075
  • Jan 1, 1346

    Black Plague

    Middle event #1
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance

    Middle event #2
  • Jan 1, 1390

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    it says anywhere from 1387 - 1400
  • Jan 1, 1430

    Coffee Invented

    Middle event #3
  • ^ Middle English ^
    Jan 1, 1439

    ^ Middle English ^

  • Jan 1, 1440

    Invention of Printing Press

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • ^ Early Modern English ^

    ^ Early Modern English ^

  • Industrial Revolution

    Modern event #1

  • American Revolution

  • The Spanish Flu

    Modern event #2

  • The Great Depression

    Modern event #3

  • year 2012

  • ^ Modern English ^

    ^ Modern English ^