Old English/Anglo-Saxon and Middle English (450-1500) By ddawley May 2, 625 Rise of Northumbria May 2, 650 Rise of Mercia May 2, 750 "Beowulf" Composed May 2, 1042 Edward the Confessor crowned King Jan 5, 1066 King Edward the Confessor dies May 2, 1066 French and Latin replace English as official language May 2, 1066 Norman Conquest May 2, 1066 Battle of Hastings May 2, 1086 "Domesday Book" May 2, 1087 Death of William the Conqueror May 2, 1087 King William invades Wales May 2, 1096 Crusade May 2, 1147 Second Crusade May 2, 1150 Earliest surviving Manuscript May 2, 1170 "The Owl and the Nightengale" by Anonymous May 2, 1171 Henri II conquers Ireland May 2, 1204 Loss of Normandy May 2, 1215 Magna Carta is signed May 2, 1216 Henry III becomes King of England May 2, 1236 Barons War May 2, 1241 Imprisonment of Prince Gruffydd Nov 16, 1272 King Henry III dies Nov 16, 1272 Edward I becomes King of England May 2, 1300 London as Commercial Capital Jul 7, 1307 King Edward I dies Jul 7, 1307 Edward II becomes King of England May 2, 1337 Start of the Hundred Years War May 2, 1348 First Outbreak of Black Death May 2, 1348 English replaces Latin as the medium of instruction in schools May 2, 1360 "Piers Plowman" by William Langland May 2, 1362 English is used in Parliament for the first time May 2, 1363 English is declared as the language used in court proceedings May 2, 1380 Bible in English May 2, 1393 "Revelations of Divine Love" by Julian of Norwich May 2, 1399 Henry IV becomes the first English-speaking King Mar 2, 2022 Augustine arrives in Kent (The exact date is not known.) Mar 2, 2022 Viking Invasion Mar 2, 2022 Danelaw Established Mar 2, 2022 Second Viking Invasion Mar 2, 2022 Edward the Martyr becomes King of England Mar 2, 2022 King Edward the Martyr Murdered
