Language Evalution

By Cristiana Allred
  • Period: 400 to 1137

    Old English Era

  • 410

    Roman withdrawal from Britian

  • 597

    Anglo-Saxon pagan conversion to Christianity

  • Beowulf
    700

    Beowulf

  • Norman Invasion
    1066

    Norman Invasion

    Note: just before era cutoff but fits the transition.
  • Period: 1150 to 1500

    Middle English Era

  • 1215

    Signing of Magna Carta

  • 1347

    Black Death in Europe

    From 1347-1351
  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • Invention of the printing press
    1450

    Invention of the printing press

    Marks transition into Modern era.
  • 1492

    Discovery of the Americans

  • Period: 1500 to

    Modern English Era

  • Galileo's telescope

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • American Revolution

  • French Revolution

  • World War 2

    1939-1945

  • Bridge between the past and the future

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