English Language Timeline

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  • 55 BCE

    Roman Empire conquered the British Isles

  • 400

    Old English

  • 500

    The Jutes, Angles and Saxons invaded the British Isles

  • 1066

    The Normanic people invaded the British Isles

  • 1100

    Middle English

  • 1200

    Trilingual English

  • 1337

    100 years of war

    France and England fought over the succession of the French throne
  • 1346

    The Great Plague

  • 1400

    Early Modern English

  • 1476

    The printing press was invented

  • Shakespeare

  • The Bible is published for the "common" people

  • Modern English

  • The First Dictionary

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