History of English

By MiguelAngelG
  • 410 BCE

    410 AD

    Romans and Germans begin lo leave Britain
  • 410

    They become tribes of Angles and Saxons, the Anglo-saxons

  • 411

    Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays are named in honor of Anglo-saxon gods.

  • 412

    Christianity

    Missionaries of Christianity stole brochures on jumble and Latin sales, introducing approximately 2,000 new words like martyr, bishop and source.
  • 1066

    1066 Norman conquest or excuse my english

    The conqueror William invades England bringing new concepts (French language, doomsday, Gauloise book and tax-free package).
  • 1129

    1129

    French becomes oficial, Latin was used in the church and the common man English.
  • 1130

    English absorbs 10,000 new words from Normans.

  • 1337

    The Houndred Years War

    The Houndred Years War begins and French and English take over the language of power.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Shakespeare or a plaque in this two houses.

    Shakespeare invents 2,000 new words and phrases.

  • The King James Bible

    Scribes translate the Bible wich introduces a glossary of metaphor and morality.

  • The English of science or how to talk to gravity.

  • The Royal Society

    Britain is full of physicists like Robert Hook, Robert Boyle, forming the Royal Society. They first worked in Latin and then in English for a faster understanding of science, later they moved on to the human body.

  • English and empire or the sun never sets on the English language.

    English making it’s name as the language of science, the bible and Shakespeare, Britain decides to take it.

  • The age of the dictionary

    With English spreanding in all directions, come lexicographers trying to end anarchy.

  • Dr. Johnson popularizes his dictionary of the English language and the spelling is standardized.

  • American English

    When the British arrive in America, they borrow words ton ame things.

  • The Germans arrive selling

  • Dr. Johnson popularizes his dictionary of the English language and the spelling is standardized.

  • Italians bring the pizza.

  • Internet

    The first email is sent, and the Internet changes English through people.

  • Abbreviations arise.

  • Global English