History of English By darren lent Period: 400 to 1150 Old english era 731 Bede writes "Ecclesiastical History of the English People 800 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 878 Alfred the Great's Victory at the Battle of Edington 1066 the Norman invasion Period: 1150 to 1500 Middle English Era 1348 The Black Death arrives in England 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1387-1400 1455 War of the Roses 1455-1487 1476 The Invention of the printing press 1492 The discovery of the Americans Period: 1500 to 2000 Modern English Era 1607 Establishment of Jamestown 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1775 American Revolution 1775-1783 1914 World War l 1914-1918 1939 World War ll 1939-1945
