History of english

By ojd
  • World War II
    1939 BCE

    World War II

  • 1800 BCE

    Industrial Revolution

  • American Revolution
    1765 BCE

    American Revolution

  • 1642 BCE

    English civil War

  • Publication of Shakespeare Folio
    1623 BCE

    Publication of Shakespeare Folio

  • 1534 BCE

    The English Reformation

  • Period: 1500 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Modern English

  • Discovery of the Americas
    1492 BCE

    Discovery of the Americas

  • Invention of the Printing Press
    1436 BCE

    Invention of the Printing Press

  • 1400 BCE

    The Hundred Years War

  • Chaucer's Canterbury tales
    1387 BCE

    Chaucer's Canterbury tales

  • 1350 BCE

    The Black Death

  • 1215 BCE

    The signing of Magna Carta

  • Period: 1100 BCE to 1500 BCE

    Middle English

  • The Norman Invasion
    1066 BCE

    The Norman Invasion

  • Viking Invasion
    793 BCE

    Viking Invasion

  • Beowulf poem
    750 BCE

    Beowulf poem

  • 700 BCE

    First documented manuscript of Old English

  • 400 BCE

    Conversions of Christians

  • Period: 400 BCE to 1100 BCE

    Old English