English By madisynl 357 The Battle of Strasbourg 400 Old English 455 Vandals Sack Rome 476 Western Roman Empire Ends 700 Suspected date of Beowulf's writing 1066 The Norman Invasion 1100 Middle English 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 The invention of the printing press Oct 12, 1492 The discovery of the Americas 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1774 The American Revolution Apr 12, 1861 American Civil War Jul 28, 1914 World War I Sep 1, 1939 World War II 2000 Modern English Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Attack Aug 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Mar 11, 2020 COVID - 19 was declared a pandemic
