English Language Timeline By Pinbread Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 597 Augustine conversion off England to Latin 700 The Writing of Beowulf 900 The Viking invasions of england Period: 1066 to 1071 The Norman Conquest Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta Period: 1337 to 1453 Hundred Years' War 1362 The Statute of Pleading makes English the official language of England 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written Period: 1400 to 1700 The Great Vowel Shift 1440 The printing press was invented 1492 Discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 2000 Modern English 1611 King James Bible is Published 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1755 Samuel Johnson's dictionary is published Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783 The American Revolution Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War Two
