English Language Timeline By hannahstroh222 400 year 400 597 Old English event- St. Augustine arrives in Britain 893 Old English event- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is started 975 Beowulf's wrighting 1066 The Norman Invasion 1170 Middle English- Murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury 1340 Middle English- Battle of Bannockburn 1415 Middle English- Battle of Agincourt won 1440 The invention of the printing press 1492 The discovery of North America 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's first portfolio 1787 Old English event- First raid on England by the Vikings 1833 Modern English- Slavery is banned 1876 Modern English- Invention of the telephone 2012 year 2012