History of English Project

By laneyjade
  • Period: 450 to 480

    Earliest Old English Inscriptions

    Runic inscriptions on metal objects and ceramic pots. This is good witan (to know).
  • Period: 450 to 1100

    OLD ENGLISH

  • Period: 700 to 1000

    Beowulf's Writting

    Poem composed in Old English. It included 3,182 lines.
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    The Norman Invasion
    The military conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy.
  • 1086

    Domesday Book Published

    Domesday Book Published
    Origin started in England.
  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    MIDDLE ENGLISH

  • Period: 1387 to 1400

    The Canterbury Tales Book

    Collection of twenty-four stories.
  • 1436

    Invention of the Printing Press

    Invention of the Printing Press
    Created by Johannes Gutenburg. He was a German goldsmith. It was a Gentle (noble) invention.
  • 1492

    Discovery of North America

    Discovery of North America
    Christopher Columbus is credited.
  • Period: 1500 to

    MODERN ENGLISH

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

    Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
    Collections of plays from Shakespeare.
  • Period: to

    The American Revolution

    North American Colonies versus British Rule.

  • Oxford Dictionary Published

    Oxford Dictionary Published
    Used even today. There was a second edition made in 1989 and there is a third in progress. There is no doute (doubt) that this is very useful today.