English By weeniehut555 Period: 400 to 2012 English The development of English 600 Rise of Saxon Kingdoms 700 Beowulf's Writing 700 Earliest Manuscript of Old English ie. Beowulf's writing 800 Danes and Scandinavians become part of England 1066 The Norman Invasion 1150 End of Old English 1392 The Canterbury Tales 1401 English Renaissance 1492 Discovery of North America 1534 English Reformation 1595 Romeo and Juliet 1638 The Printing Press 1775 The American Revolution Start date 1800 The Industrial and Scientific Revolution 1813 Thomas Jefferson's Letter 1815 End of Early Modern English 1815 Start of Modern English 1800-Now 1847 Shakespeare's First Folio 1850 Systematic Interest
