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Proto-Indo-Europeans living in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany
Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles
The Romans invade Britain, beginning 400 years of control over much of the island.
First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar
Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins
Earliest Old English inscriptions
Earliest date of the Indo- Europeans
St. Augustine arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England
"Cædmon's Hymn” composed in Old English
Bede writes “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin)
Viking raids of Britain begin
Old English epic poem “Beowulf” composed
Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex, encourages English prose and translation of Latin works
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” is begun
Danelaw established, dividing Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north
Oldest manuscript of “Beowulf”
The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror
The oldest surviving manuscripts in Middle English date from this period
“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” discontinued
The “Ormulum” text of the monk Orm completed
King John loses the province of Normandy to France
The Black Death kills one third of the British population
English is used in English Parliament for the first time
William Langland writes “Piers Plowman”
John Wycliffe publishes his English translation of “The Bible”
English replaces Latin as main language in schools (except Universities of Oxford and Cambridge)
Chaucer begins “The Canterbury Tales”
Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest
The Great Vowel Shift
William Caxton establishes the first English printing press
Start of English Renaissance
“The Great Bible” published
First version of “The Book of Common Prayer” published
William Shakespeare writes his first plays
Robert Cawdrey publishes the first English dictionary, “A Table Alphabeticall”
The Authorized, or King James Version, of “The Bible” is published
Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language”
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Before English Period
Old English Period
Middle English Period
Early Modern English Period