history of english langauge By nathank...1 Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 478 collapse of the Roman Empire 700 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 886 Establishment of Danelaw 937 Battle of Brunanburh 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1138 The Second Crusade 1343 Black Death 1399 suspected date of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press 1483 The Peasants' Revolt 1492 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 2000 Current English 1519 Magellan sails around the world to prove it is round 1519 Death of Leonardo Da Vinci 1601 British East India Company is established 1625 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1775 The American Revolution 1937 World War II
