History of the English Language By facebooker_1543612810 Period: 400 to Dec 14, 2010 The years of the English Laguage so far 450 Old English Period began Jan 1, 600 Rise of three great kingdoms politically unifying large areas Jan 1, 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing Jan 1, 1066 Old English Period ended Middle English began Sep 28, 1066 Norman Invation Began Dec 25, 1066 William of Normandy crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey Jan 1, 1205 First book in English appears since the conquest. Jan 1, 1258 First royal proclamation issued in English since the conquest. Jan 1, 1337 Start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Jan 1, 1342 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1440 The invention of the Printing Press Jan 1, 1497 The discovery of North America Jan 1, 1500 Middle English period ended Early Modern English began Apr 23, 1616 Shakespeare dies Jan 1, 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Apr 19, 1775 The start of The American Revolution Jan 1, 1800 Early Modern period ended Late Modern period began Dec 7, 1941 Peral Harbor Mar 2, 2022 First serious Viking incursions. Lindisfarne monastery sacked.
