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History of English

  • Roman Invasion of Britain
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    Roman Invasion of Britain

    Latin language is brought by Romans
  • Romans Leave England
    410

    Romans Leave England

    End of Roman rule in Britain
  • Germanic migration
    450

    Germanic migration

    Anglos, Saxons and Jutes. They Bring their dialects
    Anglo-Saxons.
  • Christianity time
    597

    Christianity time

    Christian missionaries bring Latin and Greek vocabulary.
  • Viking Invasion
    793

    Viking Invasion

    Old Norse Vocabulary was taken.
  • Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror
    1066

    Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror

    Norman French was entered in the old English language.
  • The hundred Years War Started
    1337

    The hundred Years War Started

    English vs French
  • The Canterbury Tales.
    1387

    The Canterbury Tales.

    Geoffrey Chaucer.
    Middle English. A step before Early Modern English.
  • The hundred Years War finishes
    1453

    The hundred Years War finishes

    English becomes an important language.
  • Shakespearean English.

    Shakespearean English.

    William Shakespeare created about 2000 new word and expressions.
  • King James Bible

    King James Bible

    It Gives to the English language a metaphorical sense.
  • The Royal Society

    The Royal Society

    Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton.
    Science vocabulary.
  • Period: to

    American English

    English language increased borrowing new words from differents cultures and also because the capitalism.
  • The Age of Dictionaries.

    The Age of Dictionaries.

    Samuel Johnson published his famous dictionary in 1755.
  • Internet English

    English language vocabulary gets a new sense and new forms.