OLD ENGLISH PERIOD

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  • Proto-Indo-Europeans
    5000 BCE

    Proto-Indo-Europeans

    Proto-Indo-Europeans lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
  • Celts
    500 BCE

    Celts

    Celts inhabited much of Europe, and began to colonise the British Isles.
  • Roman Invasion
    55 BCE

    Roman Invasion

    First Roman raided on Britain under Julius Caesar.
  • Anglo-Saxon settlement
    450

    Anglo-Saxon settlement

    Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain began (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes)
  • Viking Invasion
    792

    Viking Invasion

    Viking Invasion began
  • Beowulf
    800

    Beowulf

    800.The epic poem "Beowulf" is written in Old English.
    1000. The oldest surviving manuscript of “Beowulf” dates from this period.