The English Language By blakebm 500 St. Augustine Arrives in Britain Period: 500 to 1150 Old English 580 When Beowulf began to be Created 700 Vikings Raid Britain 800 Beowulf's Publication 900 The Vikings get Normandy 1000 North American Discovery 1066 Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1250 Early Modern English Period: 1150 to 1650 Middle English 1215 Magna Carta Was Made 1392 The Canterbury Tales 1440 Invention of the Printing Press 1536 The Bible was published 1623 Shakespeare's First Folio Period: 1650 to 2012 Modern English 1700 First Newspaper 1765 American Revolution Begins 1783 American Revolution Ends 1980 Internet was Created 2005 Hurricane Katrina