Old, Middle, and Modern English Timeline

  • Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
    Jan 1, 975

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

    The writing of Beowulf is unknown till this day but it is believed to have been written sometime between 975 and 1025
  • The Norman Invasion
    Jan 1, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    The Norman Invasion was an invasion on the Kingdom of England led by William the Conqueror
  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    Jan 1, 1380

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    The 24 stories of Chaucer's Canterbury were written over a span of 10 years beginning in 1380 and finishing in 1390
  • The invention of the Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

    The Invention of the Printing Press was made by Johannes Gutenberg which led to the Printing Revolution
  • The discovery of North America
    Jun 24, 1497

    The discovery of North America

    Many people believe that it was Christoper Columbus who discovered North America but it was actually proven the Giovanni Caboto did and was credited with the discovery
  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

    Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

    Shakespeare's First Folio is said to be a collection of all of Shakespeare's plays and so he didn't even get to print
  • The American Revolution.

    The American Revolution.

    The Americans in the 13 colonies decide to become an independent state and no longer have anything to do with Great Britain and went to war with them
  • Civil War

    Civil War

    A time when the North was fighting for all slaves to be free in the United States and the South was fighting back cause they wanted everything to stay the same
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was the very moment the United States got involved in WW2 because before that they stayed out of it