the history of english By RafaPendejo22 Period: 450 to 1150 old english 500 Germanic invasions 597 the arrival of St. Augustine in 597 and the subsequent conversion of England to Latin Christianity. 600 the settlement in Britain of Jutes, Saxons, and Angles 900 the Viking invasions 1066 the Norman Conquest Period: 1150 to 1500 middle english 1200 The Katherine Group of writings 1205 France takes Normandy 1362 the Statute of Pleading 1400 The death of Chaucer Period: 1500 to 2025 modern english Period: 1525 to 1611 William Shakespeare Along with many Renaissance writers, William Shakespeare creating new phrases and words for the language 1600 the full flowering of the Renaissance 1611 the publishing of the King James Bible 1714 Queen Anne died. Oxford and his fellow Tories, including Swift, lost power 1755 the completion of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary