History of English By daltonw Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 597 King Aethelbert of Kent baptized into Christian faith 700 Earliest manuscript records of Old English 878 Battle of Edington 900 Beowulf's Written 1066 The Norman Invasion Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1150 Earliest surviving texts in Middle English 1209 The University of Cambridge is formed. 1387 Canterbury Tales published. 1399 King Henry IV delivered coronation speech in English. 1440 Printing Press invented. 1492 Discovery of the Americas Period: 1500 to 200 Modern English 1586 William Bullokar's Pamphlet for Grammer Published 1623 Shakespear's First Folio published 1775 American Revolution 1776 The Declaration of Independance signed 1939 World War II 1994 Text Messaging Introduced
