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Period: 400 to
English language history
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Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
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878
Old English Alfred the Great saves the English language from the vikings
This was very important because if he didn't defeat the Vikings, there could not have been an English language. -
1000
Old English Beowulf's writing date
This is the approximate date Beowulf was written. -
1066
Old English Norman invasion of England
This event eventually caused the English language to change 34 years later. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1387
Middle English Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1399
Middle English Henry the IV
He is the 1st English speaking king to rule since the Normans conquered England. -
1440
Middle English 1440 Printing press
The printing press is invented and it shapes the world's future heavily with people now being able to make a mass amount of copies of a piece of writing. -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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Early Modern English Shakespeare's first folio
This was a book that collected lots of his different works and put it in one book. -
Early Modern English The U.K is formed
The U.K is made up of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. -
Early Modern English The American Revolution
The American Revolution played a huge part in the shaping of the modern world and the date I put is when it started. -
Early Modern English America is founded
America being founded was very important to the world's history and Americans have helped shape the English language into what it is today. -
Early Modern English America is founded
The founding of America was very important to the world's history and they helped shape the English language as well. -
Period: to
Late Modern English
