English Language By tbowen16 Period: 400 to Jan 1, 2012 English Language 410 The first Germanic tribes arrive in Britain. 450 Old English began Jun 8, 673 Birth of the Venerable Bede Jun 8, 700 Approximate date of the earliest manuscript records of Old English. Jun 1, 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0802078796 Sep 28, 1066 Norman Invasion www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm Jan 1, 1100 Beiginning of Middle English Jun 8, 1150 Approximate date of the earliest surviving texts in Middle English. Jun 8, 1171 Henry II declares himself overlord of Ireland Jun 8, 1204 England is now the only home of the Norman French/English. Jan 1, 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales www.librarius.com/ Jan 1, 1439 The invention of the Printing Press Oct 12, 1492 The discovery of North America Jun 8, 1500 Bginning of Modern English Jun 8, 1542 In his Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge Jun 8, 1549 The first version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England is published. Jun 8, 1553 Thomas Wilson publishes The Art of Rhetorique Jan 1, 1632 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio www.folger.edu/publishing-shakespeare Jan 1, 1777 AMerican Revolution Jan 1, 1914 Modern English
