The History of the English Language Timeline By Brandonr2008 410 Romans leave britan 597 St. Augustine arrives 700 Beowulf is written 1066 Norman Invasion 1215 Magna Carta signed 1347 Black Death 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1450 Printing press was made 1492 Discovery of Americas 1623 Shakespeare first folio 1765 Industrial Revolution begins 1775 American Revolution 1940 World War 2 1969 Moon landing
