History of English

By Ethanhor
  • Period: 400 to 1100

    Old English

  • 480

    Death of Julius Nepos last Roman Emperor

    to be the start of the middle ages.
  • 581

    Sui Dynasty

    China unified once again for the first time in 400 years.
  • 720

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing.

  • The tale of Genji
    1021

    The tale of Genji

    The world's first novel.
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1147

    The secound Crusade

    This was the first crusade to be led by European kings.
  • Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan Mongol empire is established.
    1206

    Genghis Khan was elected as Khagan Mongol empire is established.

    Conquer much of Eurasia, changing former political border.
  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury tales

  • 1436

    The Invention of the printing press

  • 1453

    The hundred year was ends

    Englands once vast territory in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well.
  • 1492

    The discovery of the Americas

  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English

  • Leonard Da Vinci begin painting the Mona Lisa
    1503

    Leonard Da Vinci begin painting the Mona Lisa

  • Publication of Shakespeare's first Folio

  • The first opera house opens in Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice.

  • Boston Massacre

  • The American Revolution

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