The History of English By Tyler Creager

By tycreager
  • 400

    Old English Is Born

    Germanic tribes invade Britan and the english language is born.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Beowulf

    Beowulf
    The epic poem was written somewhere around 1000 ad. It was written in Old English, and was a about a great warriror, a kind of achelies.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Lief Ericksson

    The Norse Vikings supposely discover North America. The Discovery was made by Lief Ericksson.
  • Jan 1, 1020

    CyneWuld Writes The Fate Of The Apostles ~ 1000AD

    Cynewulf a very religous writer, writes about the fate of teh apostles in a poem.
  • Jan 1, 1050

    Cynewulf writes Elene ~around 1000 AD

    Cynewulf is a Old English poet that was very religous, Elene is based around ST. Helena.
  • Jan 1, 1066

    William Invades England

    William Invades England
    William the conqueror invades and conquers England.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Old English dies, and Middle English is born

    Old English has stopped being spoken.
  • Oct 3, 1200

    Orm writes Orumlum

    Orm writes a religous poem that explains the way Christians teach to the masses.
  • Oct 3, 1285

    Havelok the Dane

    Is a Middle English romance,
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Laymon Recasts and compiles the poem Brut

    The poem tells a tale about Britans founder.
  • Jan 1, 1450

    The Printing Press is made.

    The Printing Press is made.
    Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press, which helps stabilize languages.
  • Jan 1, 1475

    The Canterbury Tales

    Written by Geoffery Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales are a set of several stories written in Middle English during The Hundred Years War.
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus Discovers North America

    Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovers North America.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Modern English is born

    The Great Vowel Shift happens, and english is radically changed.

  • Shakespear's First Folio

    Shakespear's folio is a collection of 36 plays all published in folio formatt. They are called the comedies, histories, and tragedies.

  • American Revolution

    The American Revolution starts, the American colonies are rebelling.

  • Charles and Mary Lamb Publish Tales From Shakespear

    It is basically a retelling of Shakespear tales so kids can understand.

  • Jane Austen publishes Sense and Sensibility

    This was jane Austen's first published work, which was published under a fake name.

  • Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice

    Also published under a pen name, Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners which follows Elizabeth Bennet who basically just deals with life.

  • Written records of Old English appear.

    Written records of Old English only go back as far as 690 as far as we know.