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Period: 500 to Sep 28, 1100
Old English
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Sep 28, 700
Earliest Record of English Manuscript
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Sep 26, 1066
Norman Invasion
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Period: Sep 28, 1100 to Sep 28, 1500
Middle English
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Sep 28, 1171
Henry II Declares Overlord of Ireland
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Sep 28, 1209
University of Cambridge Established
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Sep 28, 1215
King John Signs Magna Carta
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Sep 26, 1450
Invention of Printing Press
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Sep 26, 1475
Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales
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Sep 26, 1492
Discovery of North America
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Period: Sep 28, 1500 to
Modern English
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Sep 28, 1549
Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England is published
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First Book of Grammar Published
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Queen Elizabeth Dies
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Shakespeare's First Folio
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American Revolution (Beginning)
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American Revolution (End)
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Beowulf's Writings
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Danes Raid England
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Scandinavians Begin to Settle in Britain and Ireland
