English By squiregirl Period: 400 to Sep 3, 2013 English Language Sep 3, 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing Sep 3, 1000 Viking's Discover North America - Old English Old English Period: Sep 3, 1000 to Sep 3, 1388 Old English Sep 3, 1066 The Norman Invasion Sep 3, 1066 First Recorded Joust - Old English Sep 3, 1348 The Black Death plagues Europe - Old English Sep 3, 1350 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Period: Sep 3, 1389 to Sep 3, 1610 Middle English Sep 3, 1450 The invention of the Printing Press Sep 3, 1490 Leonardo da Vinci creates "Vitruvian Man" - Middle English Sep 3, 1492 The discovery of North America Sep 3, 1501 Sculpture "David" by Michelangelo - Middle English Sep 3, 1543 Copernicus: Sun-Centered Solar System - Middle English Period: Sep 3, 1611 to Sep 3, 1974 Earlyt Modern English Sep 3, 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Sep 3, 1692 Salem Witchcraft Trials - Early Modern English Sep 3, 1776 The American Revolution Sep 3, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation - Early Modern English Sep 3, 1913 U.S. Women Right to Vote - Early Modern English Period: Sep 3, 1975 to Sep 3, 2013 Modern English Sep 3, 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Modern English Sep 3, 2004 Isabel Allende: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Modern English Sep 3, 2012 First U.S. President to support gay marriage - Modern English