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Old English timeline
Created by
Flame Killer
⟶ Updated 24 Jul 2018 ⟶
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Events
Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins
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
The Venerable Bede writes “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin)
Viking raids of Britain begin
Old English epic poem “Beowulf” composed
The Danes launch full-scale invasion and occupy Northumbria
Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex, encourages English prose and translation of Latin works
New event“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” is begun
Danelaw established, dividing Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north
Charles II of France grants Normandy to the Viking chief Hrolf the Ganger (the beginning of Norman French)
The oldest surviving manuscript of “Beowulf” dates from this period
Periods
Earliest Old English inscriptions