History of English By Nathan Logan Period: 400 to 1066 Old English Era 597 St. Augustine arrives in England Period: 700 to 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 887 Alfred the Great promotes literacy 1066 Norman Invasion Period: 1066 to 1500 Middle English Era 1215 Magna Carta is signed Period: 1347 to 1351 The Black Death Period: 1387 to 1400 Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press 1492 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 2000 Modern English Era 1623 Publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio 1760 The Industrial Revolution begins Period: 1775 to 1783 The American Revolution Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II 1969 The Moon Landing
