History Of The English Language 400-2012 By sbabic Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1150 Old Engliush Period: 450 to 480 Roman withdrawl from the Britain Period: 450 to 480 Earliest Old English Inscriptions 500 St. Augustine arrives in Britain https://www.magnificat.ca/cal/en/saints/saint_augustine_of_canterbury.html 580 Suspected date of Beowulfs writing https://books.google.com/books?id=kWs1Wvp0otAC&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=Suspected+date+of+Beowulf%27s+writing&source=bl&ots=KA-yo5EXIE&sig=BdotGAozc4DOFqRRXYiqcI9sjw4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizpsbDgOTJAhUT62MKHUJ_BmoQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=Suspected%20date%20of%20Beowulf's%20writing&f=false Jan 1, 600 Anglo- Saxton language covers most of mofern- day English http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/timeline.html Jan 1, 700 vikings raids of britain begin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_activity_in_the_British_Isles Jan 1, 800 Old English epic poem "Beowulf" composed http://www.bl.uk/collection-items/beowulf Jan 1, 871 "The Anglo-Saxon Chronical" is begun http://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/angsaxintro.asp Jan 1, 900 Charles II of France grants Normandy to the Viking Chief Hrolf The Gange Jan 1, 1000 The oldest surviving manuscripts of beowulf dates from the period Jan 1, 1066 The Norman Invasion Jan 1, 1086 “Domesday” book created Jan 1, 1100 London becomes De Facto Capital of England Jan 1, 1100 London becomes De Facto Capital of England http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/timeline.html Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1250 Early Modern English Period: Jan 1, 1150 to Jan 1, 1650 Middle English Jan 1, 1200 King John loses the province of Normandy to France Jan 1, 1215 Magna Carta created Period: Jan 1, 1250 to Jan 1, 1400 Central Middle English Jan 1, 1300 English is used in English Parliament for the first time Jan 1, 1300 Britain broadcasting corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Broadcasting_Company Period: Jan 1, 1342 to Jan 1, 1400 Chaucers Canterbury Tales Jan 1, 1400 The great Vowel shift begin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift Jan 1, 1450 printing press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press Jan 1, 1492 Discovery of America Jan 1, 1500 Start of English Renaissance Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1800 Early Modern English Jan 1, 1536 Great Bible published Jan 1, 1600 Robert Cawdrey publishes the first permanent English dictionary Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown established Jan 1, 1621 Discovery of North America Jan 1, 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's first folio Period: Jan 1, 1650 to Jan 1, 1800 Modern English Jan 1, 1700 Publication of the first daily English- language newspaper Jan 1, 1783 The American Revolution Jan 1, 1788 Britain colony established in Australia Jan 1, 1800 Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 17, 2015 Modern English Jan 1, 1865 Slavery ended by the United States of America after civil war Jan 1, 1989 Second edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” published Jan 1, 2000 Y2K Jun 14, 2012 First Black President Dec 17, 2012 Osama Bin Laden died
