English 1.07 By EricaM4608 Period: 400 to 2000 History of the English Language Period: 450 to 1150 Old English Era 597 Conversion to Christianity Started 700 Suspected date Beowulf was written 871 Alfred King of Wessex 1042 Edward the Confessor 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1150 to 1450 Middle English Era 1209 University of Cambridge is formed 1215 Magna Carta 1337 Hundred Year's War 1392 The Canterbury Tales 1440 The Invention of the Printing Press Period: 1449 to 2000 Modern English Era 1492 Discovery of the Americas 1604 The First English Dictionary 1611 King James Version 1623 The First Folio of Shakespeare 1702 The Daily Courant 1765 The American Revolution 1939 World War II
