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The oldest known old English writings, which ment the start of a new language.
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The oldest known manuscripts for Middle English.
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English is now the language that is taught in schools. It took over Latin in schools at the time.
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This year english is the new language of law. English replaced French as the language of law.
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A great shift in vowels between the middle English language and the modern English language.
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William Caxton invented the first English printing press. It allowed people to finally print things such as newspapers in the new language, English.
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William Shakespeare is born. He was a play writer and also wrote poems.
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First dictionary is published.
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William Shakespeare dies. The greatest play and poetry writer.
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Thomas Jefferson creates the Decleration of Independence. It gave Americans many of the rights that we have now.
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Webster makes his dictionary of the English language. It listed the words of the English language.
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The modern day Oxford English Dictionary is published.
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Many Norse( or Viking) attacks gave the language many north Germanic words into the English language mainly into north England. An example is the word dream.
