History of the English Language By ahofstetter97 Period: 400 to 2012 History of the English Language 1000 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 1075 The Norman Invasion 1392 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1492 Discovery of North America 1590 Shakespeare's First Play 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1775 The American Revolution 1869 Mark Twain's First Book "The Innocents Abroad" is Published 1890 Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' Is Published 1987 The invention of the Printing Press
