History of English Language By Sadie_Stampflee 400 Year 430 Invasion of Germanic Tribes Period: 500 to 1100 Old English Era 597 The Coming of Christianity and Literacy 791 The Vikings 1066 Norman Invasion Period: 1150 to 1500 Middle English Era 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1468 Invention of the Printing Press 1492 Discovering of Americas Period: 1500 to 1800 Modern English Era 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1775 Start of Revolutionary War 1783 End of Revolutionary War 1815 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing Sep 1, 1939 Start of World War II Sep 2, 1945 End of World War II 1996 Year
