English 12 By layneeg@rmckenna.org Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 436 Roman withdrawal from Britain complete 475 Saxons, Angles, & Jutes came to Bristsh 750 Beowulf's writing 906 Magyars invades Germany. 1066 The Norm Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1315 Great Famine Began where a lot of crops failed because of the weather in Europe. 1347 Black Death Began 1388 Chaucer's Canterburg Starts writting his tales. 1400 Great Vowel shift begains 1476 William Caxton establishes the first English printing press Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of North America Period: 1500 to 1800 Early Modern English 1564 Shakspeare's Birth 1604 First Dictionary was publsihed 1616 Shakeseape Dies 1623 Publication of Shakespear's first folio 1775 Start of the American Revolution 1776 Thomas Jefferson writes the American Declaration of Independence 1783 End of the American Revolution Period: 1800 to 2012 Modern English
