English Language timeline by: Kayla Perkins By kaylaperkins21 Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1100 Old English 450 Earliest Old English Inscriptions Jan 1, 731 The Venerable Bede writes "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" Jan 1, 1000 Beowulf's Writing is published in a manuscript Jan 1, 1066 The Norman invasion led by Duke William II of Normady Jan 1, 1086 "Domesday Book" Compiled Jan 1, 1100 WORDS AND PHRASES Period: Jan 1, 1150 to Jan 1, 1470 Middle English Jan 1, 1167 Oxford University established Jan 1, 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Collection of stories of a group of 30 people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury England Jan 1, 1440 Invention of the Printing Press by German Johannes Gutenberg Jan 1, 1450 The Great Vowel Shift Begins Jan 1, 1470 WORDS AND PHRASES MIDDLE ENGLISH Period: Jan 1, 1471 to Jan 1, 2012 Modern English Jan 1, 1492 The Discovery of North America Jan 1, 1539 "The Great Bible" is published Jan 1, 1604 Robert Cawdrey Published the First English dictionary "A Table Alphabeticall" Jan 1, 1623 The Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Collection Apr 19, 1775 The American Revolution Jan 1, 1928 First Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" Jan 1, 2012 WORDS AND PHRASES MODERN ENGLISH Glamping - Glamour Camping Binge Watch - Watching multiple episodes of a TV Show