English lesson 1.07 By idecker Period: 400 to 2000 Old English Era Start 700 Beowulf's Writing 792 Viking Groups First Form 1000 Old English Era End/Middle English Era Start 1000 The Norman Invasion Era 1216 Magna Carta is Signed 1348 The Black Death Starts 1387 Canterbury Tales 1440 The Printing Press Invented 1455 War of Roses Starts 1492 The Age of Exploration 1600 Middle English Era End/Modern English Era Start 1607 James Town is Founded 1623 Shakespeare's First Folio 1763 The American Revolution 1789 The French Revolution 1879 The Light Bulb is Invented Dec 14, 1911 South Pole is Reached by Humans for the First Time 1939 WW2 2000 Modern Times
