English Language Time Line By CMSchmitt1 400 Cultivation of maize Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 450 English language started with the arrival of 3 Germanic tribes; Angles, Saxons and the Jutes. 500 Old English Words - Bedward, Fondoodle, Uhtceare 750 Beowulf's writings were composed. 875 Patayan people begin farming along the Colorado River Valley. 915 Construction begins at Pueblo Bonito 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1200 Construction begins on the Grand Village of the Natchez 1250 Pensacola culture emerges in Florida 1300 Middle English words - schulen, magen, witen 1315 The Little Ice Age 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1436 Invention of Gutenberg's Printing Press Oct 12, 1492 Discovery of North America Period: 1500 to 2012 Modern English 1541 Hernando Desoto discovers the Mississippi River 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1623 Modern English words/phrases 1775 Start of the American Revolution 1801 The first addition of the New York Post is published 1973 Motorola invented the first hand held mobil phone.
