The History of the English Language Timeline

By Brandonr2008
  • 410

    Romans leave britan

  • 597

    St. Augustine arrives

  • Beowulf is written
    700

    Beowulf is written

  • 1066

    Norman Invasion

  • 1215

    Magna Carta signed

  • 1347

    Black Death

  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
    1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1450

    Printing press was made

  • 1492

    Discovery of Americas

  • Shakespeare first folio

  • Industrial Revolution begins

  • American Revolution

  • World War 2

    World War 2

  • Moon landing

    Moon landing

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