History of English

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  • Period: 400 to 1000

    Old English

  • Period: 400 to

    History of English

  • 436

    Roman withdraw from Britian

  • Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
    700

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

    words used in this book are laud, meaning praise glorify or honor. prowess, a superior learned by study and practice.
  • 792

    viking raids of Britain

  • 1000

    The oldest surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" dates from this period.

  • 1066

    norman Invasion

  • Period: 1150 to 1450

    Middle English

  • 1167

    oxford university established

    “That sweet city with her dreaming spires/ She needs not June for beauty’s heightening.” – Matthew Arnold
  • 1362

    English Used in English parliament for the first time

  • 1399

    Henry IV becomes first English speaking monarch since before the conquest

  • 1400

    Chaucer's canterbury tales

  • Invention of Printing press
    1440

    Invention of Printing press

  • Period: 1450 to

    Early Modern English

  • 1492

    The discovery of North america

  • 1500

    start of English renaissance

  • 1539

    The great bible published

    man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry” (8:15).
  • death of William Shakespeare

    death of William Shakespeare

  • The American Revolution

  • Period: to

    Late Modern English

  • Shakespeare first folio

    quarto-size of paper many of shakespeare's plays were written on.