English History By Josephste Period: 400 to Dec 31, 2000 English History 449 Arrival of the Angles and Saxons in Britain Period: 450 to Jan 1, 1150 Old English 593 The spread of Christianity with St. Augustine's mission 750 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing Oct 14, 1006 The Norman Invasion Period: Jan 2, 1150 to Jan 1, 1500 Middle English 1215 Signing of the Magna Carta 1381 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press 1455 The internal conflict of the Wars of the Roses 1489 The discovery of the Americas Period: Jan 2, 1500 to Jan 1, 1994 Modern English 1600 The Tudor dynasty 1611 King James Bible's publication 1621 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Jan 19, 1775 The American Revolution Sep 1, 1936 World War II
