The History of the English Language By ryanh_rmckenna 400 Beginning of English Language History Period: 500 to 1100 Old Era Period: 975 to 1025 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing Period: 1042 to 1093 The Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle Era Period: 1387 to 1400 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1450 The invention of the Printing Press 1492 The discovery of North America Period: 1500 to 2012 Modern Era 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Period: 1763 to 1787 The American Revolution 2012 Present
