The history of the English language By heatherc 900 BCE Charles II of France grants normandy to the viking https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/26/viking-rulers-of-normandy-the-normans-in-france-and-england/2/ 871 BCE The Anglo Saxon Chronicle http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/asintro2.html 800 BCE Beowulf old English epic poem https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beowulf 753 BCE Rome is founded by the romulus http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rome-founded 650 BCE Earliest writing in america by the Olmec culture http://www.ancientscripts.com/ma_ws.html 559 BCE The great Cyrus becomes king. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrus-the-Great 500 BCE St Augustine of canterbury https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine-of-Canterbury 404 BCE Sparta defeats athens. http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/hell10.htm Feb 21, 1000 The oldest surviving manuscripts to Beowulf dates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Feb 21, 1066 The Norman invasion https://www.britannica.com/event/Norman-Conquest Feb 21, 1100 London becomes De Facto http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/timeline.html Feb 21, 1200 King John loses the province of Normandy to France http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/22.shtml?question=22 Feb 21, 1215 Magna Carta created http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/magna-carta Feb 21, 1300 Britain broadcasting corporation (BBC) https://www.britannica.com/topic/British-Broadcasting-Corporation Feb 21, 1400 The great vowel shift begins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift Feb 21, 1450 Printing press. http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html Feb 21, 1500 Start of English Renaissance https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-Renaissance-period-1550-1660 Feb 21, 1539 The great bible published. http://www.bible-researcher.com/greatbible1.html Feb 21, 1621 Discovery of north america https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_America Feb 21, 1700 Publication of the first daily English language newspaper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_British_newspapers Feb 21, 1800 Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to american west https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lewis-clark Feb 21, 1989 2nd edition of the oxford English dictionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary Feb 21, 2000 Y2K https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem Feb 21, 2012 First black president https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_president_of_the_United_States_in_popular_culture
