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History of English

  • Period: 410 to 450

    Anglo Saxon

    add words like, house,woman, loaf and four of our day of the week
  • Christians missionaries
    597

    Christians missionaries

    bring more latin words like: martyr, bishop, font
  • The arrival of the vikings
    800

    The arrival of the vikings

    added more than 2000 words to the English language
  • Norman Invasions
    1066

    Norman Invasions

    Anglo-norman old french, added 10 000 words
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    English-French war

    england wins; the english lenguage took the power
  • William Shakespeare
    1564

    William Shakespeare

  • Period: 1564 to

    William Shakespeare

    about 2000 words and fhrases were invented by Shakespare
  • The king James Bible

    The king James Bible

    the bible in English spread throughout the world
  • The English of science

    The English of science

    English becomes the language of science by introducing new scientific words.