History Of English Language By amiehartman Period: 400 to 110 Old English 600 Barbarian Invasions 700 Beowulf's writing 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1200 to 1600 Middle English 1283 Edward I conquers Wales 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press 1493 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1600 to 2000 Modern English 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1775 The American Revolution 1805 Battle of Trafalgar 1939 World War II
