The History of the English Language Timeline By CadenCaballero916 400 Old English 700 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 1066 The Norman Invasion 1150 Middle English 1400 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1436 The invention of the printing press 1450 Early Modern English 1492 The discovery of the Americas 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1765 Start of American Revolution 1791 End of American Revolution 1800 Late Modern English 1939 Start of WWII 1945 End of WWII
