The History of the English Language By Kayden B Period: 450 to 480 Earliest Old English Inscriptions 660 “Cædmon's Hymn” composed in Old English 750 Beowulf's writing 792 Viking raids of Britain begin Period: 1066 to 1071 The Norman Invasion 1167 Founding of Oxford University Period: 1337 to 1453 Hundred Years' War 1348 Black Death Period: 1387 to 1400 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Period: 1400 to 1700 The Great Vowel Shift 1436 The invention of the printing press 1492 The discovery of the Americas 1604 The First English Dictionary "Table Alphabeticall" by Robert Cawdrey 1611 King James Version (King James Bible) Completed 1623 Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio Period: 1775 to 1783 The American Revolution Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II
