history of the english language

  • Dec 10, 700

    Beowulf

    It is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English
  • Dec 10, 795

    Pope Leo iii

    Pope Saint Leo III was Pope from 795 to his death in 816. Protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome, he subsequently strengthened Charlemagne's position by crowning him Holy Roman Emperor and "Augustus of the Romans".
  • Dec 10, 843

    Carolingian Empire

    The Carolingian Empire (800–924) was the final stage in the history of the early medieval realm of the Franks, ruled by the Carolingian dynasty.
  • Dec 10, 991

    The Battle of Maldon

    Aging Byrhtnoth of Essex leads band of untrained commoners to confront the Danish invaders. He and his men are slaughtered. The heroic poem "The Battle of Maldon" probably written shortly after this event.
  • Dec 10, 1000

    North America

    Norse captain Leif Eriksson is believed to have reached the Island of Newfoundland circa 1000 AD. They named their new discovery Vinland.
  • Dec 10, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    The Norman conquest of England was the 11th century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled as William the Conqueror.
  • Dec 10, 1440

    Printing Press

    Printing Press
    Johannes Gutenberg the inventor of the printing press. This 15th-century contribution to the technology was revolutionary, enabling the mass production of books and the rapid dissemination of knowledge throughout Europe.
  • Dec 10, 1475

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.
  • Dec 10, 1501

    Black Slaves

    The very first Black slaves were introduced.
  • First Folio

    Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it as the First Folio.
  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution
    The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy
  • Decleration Of Indepedence

    A document declaring freedoms in America.
  • Slavery Britain

    Slavery was abolished in British Empire
  • JFK assassinated

    While in Dallas, Texas JFK was shot in the head during a parade.s
  • Ebay

    is an American multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer to consumer & business to consumer sales services via Internet.
  • 9/11

    9/11
    were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks consisted of suicide attacks used to target symbolic U.S. landmarks.