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Estimates of the date of composition range between 700 and 1000 A.D.; written in England
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700 Approximate date of the earliest manuscript records of Old English.
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The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066.
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The words be, strong and water, for example, derive from Old English.
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1150 Approximate date of the earliest surviving texts in Middle English.
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1171 Henry II declares himself overlord of Ireland, introducing Norman French and English to the country. About this time the University of Oxford is founded.
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Art though, though art are a couple words/ phrases used.
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1362 The Statute of Pleading makes English the official language in England. Parliament is opened with its first speech delivered in English.
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Chaucer Talese is estimated between 1387 and 1400.
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In 1450 Johannes Gutenberg made his first printing press.
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1492 Is when Christopher Columbus discoverd North America.
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1542 In his First Book of the Introduction of Knowledge, Andrew Boorde illustrates regional dialects.
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1549 The first version of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England is published.
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1586 The first grammar of English--William Bullokar's Pamphlet for Grammar--is published.
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Ye shall therfore take the vsual speach of the Court, and that of London and the shires lying about London within lx. myles, and not much aboue. George Puttenham, Arte of English Poesie (1589).
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio 1623.
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The American Revolutionary War beginning date was April 19, 1775, and the end date was September 3, 1783.
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Muffin Top (n): A roll of fat visible above the top of a pair of women’s tight-fitting low-waisted trousers.
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Danes raid England, occupy Northumbria, and establish a kingdom at York. Danish begins to influence English.
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Scandinavians begin to settle in Britain and Ireland; Danes settle in parts of Ireland.
