Important historical dates

Question 1

Battle of Hastings

Answer 1

1066

Question 2

Middle English period

Answer 2

1100-1500

Question 3

Reign of Henry II

Answer 3

1154-1189

Question 4

King John loses Normandy

Answer 4

1204

Question 5

Oxford Proclamation is issued in Latin, French, and English

Answer 5

1258

Question 6

Lifetime of Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer 6

1343-1400

Question 7

English becomes the spoken language for proceedings in the courts (but written records continue to be recorded in French)

Answer 7

1362

Question 8

Regular use of Chancery English (representing the use of English as an administrative language)

Answer 8

1420-1460

Question 9

William Caxton introduces the printing press to England

Answer 9

1476

Question 10

Early modern period

Answer 10

1500-1800

Question 11

Lifetime of William Shakespeare

Answer 11

1564-1616

Question 12

Jamestown is founded in North America – the first successful British colony

Answer 12

1607

Question 13

Publication of the King James Bible

Answer 13

1611

Question 14

First daily newspaper published in England

Answer 14

1702

Question 15

Jonathan Swift publishes “A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue”

Answer 15

1712

Question 16

Samuel Johnson publishes “A Dictionary of the English Language”

Answer 16

1755