English By KohlH 410 Roman Withdraws from Britain 792 Viking raids of Britain Begin 1001 Beowulf's Writings https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/beowulf 1066 Norman Conquest Period: 1066 to 1399 Middle English 1167 Oxford University Established 1349 Black Death kills one third of Britain's population 1388 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Period: 1450 to 1755 Early Modern English 1476 First English printing press William Caxton establishes the first English printing press 1607 The Discovery of North America Jamestown is established as the first English settlement in the new world 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's first folio Period: 1765 to 1783 The American Revolution Period: 1777 to 2017 Modern English 1845 Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is published https://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160 Sep 1, 1939 World War 2 Starts
