English 12 A Timeline By dusteeemerson07 Period: 400 to 1150 OLD ENGLISH ERA 597 The Christianization of England 700 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 793 Viking Raids Begin 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1150 to 1499 MIDDLE ENGLISH ERA 1215 Magna Carta signed 1347 The Black Death 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press 1492 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 2000 MODERN ENGLISH ERA 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1760 Industrial Revolution begins 1775 The American Revolution 1939 World War II 1991 The Internet becomes publicly available
