History of English

By Adrianxalvarez
  • Period: 400 to

    Old, Middle, Modern English Eras

  • 700

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing (Old English Era)

  • 793

    Viking Raid on Lindisfarne

  • 871

    Reign of Alfred the Great

  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion (Middle English Era)

  • 1215

    Signing of Magna Carta

  • 1347

    Black Death begins in Europe

  • 1387

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1440

    Invention of the Printing press

  • 1492

    Discovery of the Americas

  • Publication off Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

  • Napoleon crowns himself Emperor (Modern English Era)

  • End of World War II

  • Moon Landing