English Language over Time By dcut4 Period: 400 to 500 Angles and Saxons used runes Jul 15, 600 7th Century Monastry Writing Period: Jul 15, 1100 to Jul 15, 1300 Norman Conquest wrote in French and Latin Jul 15, 1200 13th Century French words taken into English Period: Jul 15, 1300 to Jul 15, 1600 long vowels affected by Great Vowel Shift Jul 15, 1348 French domination ended with plague Jul 15, 1400 Jeffery Chaucer developed English conventions we use today. Jul 15, 1400 15th Century Henry V English in official documents Period: Jul 15, 1400 to Jul 15, 1600 Mess of English spelling due to printing by foreign printers. Jul 15, 1430 English became official language of England Jul 15, 1476 Caxton developed first printing press. Jul 15, 1500 First English Bibles printed Jul 15, 1600 Stabilization of English spelling system. Jul 15, 1755 Samuel Johnson developed dictionary. Jul 15, 1755 Johnson Dictionary used as main reference. Jul 15, 1807 American Dictionary of English Jul 15, 1848 Phonetic Science and Phonetic Spelling was published. Jul 15, 1906 Simplified Spelling Board Mar 2, 2022 First English Writing System Mar 2, 2022 Wext Saxon English Spelling dialect Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Jan 1, 2014 Alfred the Great to Modern Day
