History of the English Language By psmp Period: 400 to 2000 timeline Period: 500 to 1100 Old English 700 Beowulf's Writing 793 Viking invasions begin. 937 Battle of Brunanburh Oct 14, 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1337 Fall of the Western Roman Empire 1343 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1346 Black Death 1440 The invention of the printing press Oct 12, 1492 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 2000 Morden English 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1685 Enlightenment 1760 Industrial Revolution Apr 19, 1775 The American Revolution Sep 1, 1939 World War II
