language changes By nakaylat Period: 400 to 1100 Old English 482 Arthur's Victory Over Saxons 604 Yangdi Emperor of the Sui Dynasty 800 Charlemagne Crowned Holy Roman Emperor 1000 Beowulf's writing 1066 Norman Invasion 1100 Henry I is Crowned King of England Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1204 Genghis Khan invades China 1387 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 1440 printing press 1440 Christopher of Bavaria elected King 1492 The discovery of the Americas Period: 1510 to 2000 Modern English 1522 The siege of Rhodes 1623 Shakespeare's First Folio 1765 American Revolution 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President 1903 Invention of Airplane 1939 World War II
