PERIODS OF HISTORY ENGLISH LANGUAGE By mapi Period: 100 BCE to 55 BCE Celts (Brythons and Gaels) 55 BCE Julius Caesar begins invasion/occupation Period: 55 BCE to 407 Roman Conquest Period: 407 to 787 Anglo-Saxon Period Period: 449 to 1066 OLD ENGLISH 500 West Germanic invaders in the British Isles 600 Emerged four major dialects "Northumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon and Kentish" 700 Conversion of Britain to Christianity Period: 787 to 1066 Viking invasions 871 KING ALFRED "THE GREAT" Was able to use the language to appeal the English 1000 Lord´s Prayer 1066 Norman Conquest 1100 Old English/Anglo Saxon was written by Runic alphabet 1100 Beouwulf Poem mark the period Period: 1100 to 1500 MIDDLE ENGLISH 1399 King Henry IV became the first King of England (mother tongue "English") 1476 William Caxton brought printing press to England and standarization to English Period: 1500 to 2018 MODERN ENGLISH 1604 The first English dictionary was published 1611 Published the Bible of Jacob´s King Period: 1750 to 1950 Industrial Revolution Period: 1800 to 2018 Late Modern English 1828 Noah Webster published and American Dictionary of the English Language