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6000 BCE
Britain becomes an island.
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500 BCE
Celts colonize British islands.
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55 BCE
Romans arrives to Britain.
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450
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain begins.
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480
Earliest Old English inscriptions.
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597
Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons.
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600
Anglo-Saxon language covers most of England.
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871
Alfred the Great impulses English prose.
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1066
The Norman conquest.
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1100
London becomes de facto capital of England.
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1167
Oxford University established.
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1209
Cambridge University established.
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1349
The Black Death kills 1/3 of Britishs.
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1362
English in the Parliament for the 1st time.
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1384
English translation of “The Bible”.
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1385
English replaces Latin in schools.
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1399
Henry IV: First English-speaking monarch.
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1476
First English printing press.
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1500
English Renaissance.
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1526
English translation of the New Testament.
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1539
“The Great Bible” published.
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William Shakespeare writes his first plays.
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First English settlement in the New World.
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King James version of “The Bible”.
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First English-language newspaper.
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Folio of Shakespeare’s works is published.
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First London's daily English newspaper.
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“Dictionary of the English Language”.
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Britain wrests control of Canada from France.
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Last native Celtic speaker dies.
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British penal colony established (Australia).
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“The American Spelling Book”.
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First English settlement at South Africa.
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Lewis and Clark explore American West.
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“American Dictionary of English Language”.
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British colony established in New Zealand.
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British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) founded.
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1st edit. of the “Oxford English Dictionary”.
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India and Pakistan independs from Britain.
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2nd edit. of the “Oxford English Dictionary”.