The History of the English Language

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  • Period: 400 to

    The History of the English Language

  • Jan 1, 600

    The Rise of the three great kingdoms

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Jan 1, 1100

    Old English

    Bidde - Please
    Þancas. - Thanks.
    Gōde ofernōn - Good Afternoon
  • Jan 1, 700

    Suspected date of Beowulf's Writing

  • Jan 1, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1500

    Middle English

    canstow: can you
    axe: ask
    forthy: therefore
  • Jan 1, 1205

    First Book in English Appears Since the Conquest

  • Start of the Hundred' Years War
    Jan 1, 1337

    Start of the Hundred' Years War

  • Jan 1, 1362

    English became the official language of the law courts

  • Jan 1, 1392

    Chaucher's Canterbury Tales

  • Jan 1, 1439

    The Invention of the Printing Press

  • The Discovery of North America
    Jan 1, 1492

    The Discovery of North America

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Early Modern English

    betwixt - between
    astonied - to stun
    hath - have

  • Shakespeare Dies

  • King James Bible published

    King James Bible published

  • The Publication of Shakespear's First Folio

  • Classical era of English Literature

  • Period: to

    Modern English

    of course not
    sure
    certainly

  • The American Revolution

  • Three Danish Kings Attack Wessex

  • Aethelred "the unready" Becomes King at 11 Years Old