The History Of The English Language in Texts By Cour_Valant 400 Celtic Occupation Celtic Occupation Apr 9, 700 Viking Invasions Begin Period: Oct 7, 700 to Mar 2, 2022 Viking Invasions Jun 16, 731 St Bede's Eccelsiastical History of The English Nation Oct 14, 1066 Norman Invasions Oct 7, 1137 The Peterbourogh Chronicles Period: Jan 1, 1150 to Jan 1, 1470 MIddle English Period Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1680 The Great Vowel Shift Apr 3, 1367 Henry IV - First English Speaking King since 1066, is born Aug 8, 1387 The Canterbury Tales May 29, 1422 The First of the Paston Letters is written Period: Jan 1, 1470 to Jan 1, 1750 Renasissance English Nov 8, 1476 The Pinting Press Is Introduced to England Apr 26, 1564 William Shakespeare Born Dec 8, 1587 First British Exploration of America Oct 26, 1600 The Gunpowder Plot Letter Dec 9, 1600 Vowels Pronounced Differently Dec 9, 1611 King James I Bible Printed May 14, 1620 First British Settlement In America Jul 9, 1623 Twelfth Night Published Nov 28, 1628 John Bunyan Born Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Oct 10, 2012 Modern English Jun 18, 1755 Dr Johnson's Dictionary Oct 7, 1786 Honley Workhouse Accounts Feb 10, 1791 Lowth's Introduction to Grammar Written Aug 26, 1894 Pudd'nhead Wilson Published Mar 2, 2022 Anglo-Saxon Invasions 449AD onwards Mar 2, 2022 Viking Invasions End Mar 2, 2022 King Aflred Begins Translating texts into Old English Mar 2, 2022 Beowulf is Written Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Jan 1, 1150 Old English Period
