Early Modern English

By SnowFlower
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Early Modern English

    In this time period, the lexis that were used then was everer growing, and was one of the most important development that occured in this time period. These lexems were coming from all sort of sources such as Latin and Spainish.
    There were also lots of atempts to standardise the English language in terms of the spelling of difficult words. Each of them failed as it hard to standardise the language in such a way.There was a dramatic change in the way that vowels are pronuced longer.
  • Start of the English Renaissance
    Aug 3, 1500

    Start of the English Renaissance

  • Rhyme "An Apple a Day" came about.
    Aug 3, 1500

    Rhyme "An Apple a Day" came about.

    This rhyme came about as a way to get children to eat their greens.
  • Period: Aug 3, 1500 to

    The Great Vowel Shift was occuring

  • Aug 3, 1526

    William Tyndale created his version of the "New Testament

    William Tyndale created his version of the "New Testament; which was translated from the original and Greek and Hebrew. He secretly had his version printed in Germany then smuggled it into his homeland.
  • Aug 3, 1536

    William Tyndale was hunted down and executed for version of the "New Testament".

  • Aug 3, 1539

    "The Great Bible" was published

  • Aug 3, 1549

    The "Book of Common Prayer" was introduced to English Church's.

  • Aug 3, 1569

    John Cheke purposed that silent letters should be removed from words.

  • Aug 3, 1580

    William Bullokar purposed to have a 37 letter alphabet.

  • William Shakespeare wrote his first play.

    William Shakespeare wrote his first play.

  • The First English Dictionary was pubished

    The First English Dictionary was pubished

    The First English Dictionary was published by English schoolteacher Robert Cawdrey, titled “A Table Alphabeticall”

  • Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New world was established.

  • King James's authorised version of the Bible was introduced to the Church.

  • Death of William Shakespeare.

  • First publication of the first English-language newspaper, the "Courante" or "Weekly News"

  • First Folio of Shakespeare's works is published.

    First Folio of Shakespeare's works is published.

  • First publication of the daily English-language newspaper, "The Daily Courant" in London

  • God save the King (Now God save the Queen), was printed in The gentleman's Magazine

    God save the King (Now God save the Queen), was printed in The gentleman's Magazine

  • Yankee Doodle Dandy, was made by British Army Officers to mock their American counterparts.

  • Samuel Johnson's dictionary; "Dictionary of the English Language" was published

  • Amazing Grace was written by John Newton

    Amazing Grace was written by John Newton

    Amazing Grace was written by John Newton to tell about his near death experience when he was younger

  • The last native speaker of the Celtic Cornish language dies.

  • Start of the Industrialisation Revolution.

  • "The Times" newspaper is first published in London.

    "The Times" newspaper is first published in London.