The history of the English language

Charles II of France grants normandy to the viking

900 BCE

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/26/viking-rulers-of-normandy-the-normans-in-france-and-england/2/

The Anglo Saxon Chronicle

871 BCE

http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/asintro2.html

Beowulf old English epic poem

800 BCE

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beowulf

Rome is founded by the romulus

753 BCE

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rome-founded

Earliest writing in america by the Olmec culture

650 BCE

http://www.ancientscripts.com/ma_ws.html

The great Cyrus becomes king.

559 BCE

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyrus-the-Great

St Augustine of canterbury

500 BCE

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine-of-Canterbury

Sparta defeats athens.

404 BCE

http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/hell10.htm

The oldest surviving manuscripts to Beowulf dates

Feb 21, 1000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf

The Norman invasion

Feb 21, 1066

https://www.britannica.com/event/Norman-Conquest

London becomes De Facto

Feb 21, 1100

http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/timeline.html

King John loses the province of Normandy to France

Feb 21, 1200

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/sceptred_isle/page/22.shtml?question=22

Magna Carta created

Feb 21, 1215

http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/magna-carta

Britain broadcasting corporation (BBC)

Feb 21, 1300

https://www.britannica.com/topic/British-Broadcasting-Corporation

The great vowel shift begins.

Feb 21, 1400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift

Printing press.

Feb 21, 1450

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/press.html

Start of English Renaissance

Feb 21, 1500

https://www.britannica.com/art/English-literature/The-Renaissance-period-1550-1660

The great bible published.

Feb 21, 1539

http://www.bible-researcher.com/greatbible1.html

Discovery of north america

Feb 21, 1621

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_America

Publication of the first daily English language newspaper

Feb 21, 1700

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_British_newspapers

Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to american west

Feb 21, 1800

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lewis-clark

2nd edition of the oxford English dictionary

Feb 21, 1989

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary

Y2K

Feb 21, 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem

First black president

Feb 21, 2012

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_president_of_the_United_States_in_popular_culture