English By Cheshirechester Period: 400 to Aug 25, 2010 English 450 Old English Period Begins Jan 1, 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf Jan 1, 1066 Old English Period Ended and Middle English Began Sep 28, 1066 Norman Invasion Begins Jan 1, 1387 Chaucers Canterbury Tales May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc Burned Jan 1, 1439 Invention of the Printing Press Jan 1, 1632 Shakespeares First Folio Jan 1, 1777 American Revolution Mar 4, 1865 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Jan 1, 1914 Modern English Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 Sep 11, 2001 9/11
