1.07 The History of the English Language Timeline By garcjasm 400 Old English Literature 590 Anglo-Saxons Convert to Christianity 658 Caedmon Christian Poet 700 Beowulf's writing 787 Viking Invasions Begin 1066 Middle English Literature Oct 14, 1066 The Norman Invasion 1300 Black Death 1378 The Western Schism 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1400 Hundred Years' War 1440 Invention of the Printing Press 1450 Modern English Literature 1492 Discovery of the Americas 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1765 American Revolution Start 1791 American Revolution Ended 1890 William James publishes Principles of Psychology 1929 The Great Depression 1933 Prohibition 1939 World War 2 start 1945 World War 2 end
