English Development By Susana15 1000 BCE Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany. 500 BCE Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British isles. 55 BCE First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar. 43 Roman occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius (Beginning of Roman rule of Britain). Period: 410 to 436 Roman withdrawal from Britain. 450 Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins. 450-480 Earliest Old English inscriptions Period: 450 to 1100 Old English 597 St. Augustine arrives in Britain (beginning of Christian conversion of the Anglo-saxons). 600 Anglo-saxon language covers most of modern-day England. 731 The Venerable Bede writes "The Ecclesiastical History of English People" (In Latin). 792 Vikings raids of Britain Begin. 800 Old English epic poem "Beowulf" is composed. 865 The Danes launch full-scale invasion and occupation of Northumbria. 871 Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex. Encourages English prose and translation of Latin. 871 "The Anglo-saxon Chronicle " is written. 911 Beginning of Norman French. 1066 Declination of English language 1066 The Norman Conquest user William the Conqueror. 1086 "Domesday Book" is compiled. 1100 London Becomes capital of England. Period: 1100 to 1500 Middle English 1150 The oldest surviving manuscripts in Middle English date from this period. 1209 Fundation of Cambrige University and Rise of the English Language 1337 It is started the Hundred Years War 1346 Black Death kills one third of the British Population. 1348 Dominence of English Language. 1356 The Sheriff’s Court In London and Middlesex were conducted in English for the first time. 1362 The Parliament opened the statute of Pleading. 1399 Henry IV becomes the first English-speaking monarch. 1413 English became the official language of the courts everywhere. 1423 Parliaments records start being written in English. 1450 The language used in writing town laws. The Great Vowel Shift starts. 1476 William Caxton Establishes the Printing Press. East midland dialect became the literary standard of English. 1500 Start of English Renaissance Period: 1500 to 1800 Early Modern English Period: 1500 to 2000 Modern English 1526 William Tyndale prints his English translation of the New Testament of “The Bible” 1539 “The Great Bible” is published 1582 Richard Mulcaster proposes in his treatise “Elementaire” a compromise on spelling. 1590 William Shakespeare writes his first plays 1604 Robert Cawdrey publishes the first English dictionary, “A Table Alphabeticall” 1607 Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, established 1611 The Authorized King James Version, of “The Bible” is published 1616 Death of William Shakespeare 1622 Publication of the first English-language newspaper, the “Courante” or “Weekly News” 1623 Henry Cockrum publishes his English dictionary. 1649 English became the language of the legal documents. 1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language” 1788 British penal colony established in Australia 1788 Noah Webster publishes “The American Spelling Book” 1795 First English settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Period: 1800 to 2000 Late Modern English 1828 Noah Webster publishes his “The American Dictionary of the English Language” 1834 Abolition of slavery in the British Empire 1840 British colony established in new Zealand 1922 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) founded 1928 First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published 1989 Second edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published
