The History of the English Language By jamesmc Period: 400 to 1066 Old English 597 The Christianization of England 793 The Viking Invasions 850 Suspected Date of Beowulf 700-1000 1066 The Norman Invasion 1066 The Battle of Hastings Period: 1066 to 1485 Middle English 1337 The Hundred Years' War 1350 The Great Vowel Shift 1362 The Statute of Pleading 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1436 The invention of the Printing Press Period: 1485 to 2000 Modern English Oct 12, 1492 The discovery of the Americas 1520 The English Reformation 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1765 The American Revolution Sep 1, 1939 World War II 1950 The Civil Rights Movement 1970 The Internet
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