Language Timeline

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  • Period: 400 to 1150

    Old English

    Ex:
    Ditty- A short simple song
    Bedward- Heading to bed
  • 450

    Earliest Old English inscriptions

  • 660

    Caedmon's Hymn was composed

    A short Old English poem.
  • 800

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

    An Old English poem consisting of 3,182 lines.
  • The Norman invasion
    1066

    The Norman invasion

  • 1086

    Domesday book was written

    A manuscript record of the Great Survey.
  • Period: 1150 to 1450

    Middle English

    Ex:
    Bane- Destruction
    Fetis- Well made
  • 1180

    The Ormulum text was completed

    A biblical book written by a Monk.
  • The Black Death
    1349

    The Black Death

  • 1370

    Piers Plowman was written

    A Middle English narrative poem.
  • 1392

    The Canterbury Tales

    A collection of 24 stories written in Middle English.
  • 1440

    The Invention of the Printing Press

  • Period: 1450 to

    Modern English

    Ex:
    Anon- At once
    Coy-Quiet
  • 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • The New Testament translated to English
    1526

    The New Testament translated to English

  • The death of William Shakespeare

  • Publication of William Shakespeare's First Folio

    A book of Shakespeare's great works.

  • The American Revolution

    America gained its independence from Britain.

  • The Second edition of Oxford English Dictionary was published

    Historical dictionary of the English language.