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History of the English Language

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  • Period: 400 to

    History of the English Language

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1100

    Old English

    "We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..." (Winston Churchill June 4th, 1940)
  • 537

    King Arthur Killed

  • Feb 13, 793

    Viking Invasion of Lindusfame

  • Beowulf's Writing
    Jan 1, 1000

    Beowulf's Writing

  • The Norman Invasion
    Jan 1, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Dec 25, 1066

    William I Crowned King of England

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle English

    "Good day, dame"
  • Jan 1, 1206

    The Mongol Empire

  • Feb 13, 1300

    Little Ice Age began

  • Jun 1, 1348

    The Bubonic Plague Hits England

  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    Jan 1, 1392

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • The Invention of the Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    The Invention of the Printing Press

  • The Discovery of North America
    Jan 1, 1492

    The Discovery of North America

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Modern English

    "As good luck would have it"
    "As merry as the day is long"

  • Spanish Armada Defeated

  • Death of Shakespeare

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • Declaration of Independence

  • American Revolution