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Period: 400 BCE to
Old, Middle, and Modern English Language
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Period: 450 to 1150
Old English
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600
Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England
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792
Viking raids
The Viking raids on Britain begin. -
878
Britain Gets Divided
Danelaw established, dividing Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north -
Period: 1066 to 1075
Norman Invasion
William, duke of Normandy Invaded England, which caused the English Language to be influenced by French. -
Period: 1150 to 1450
Middle English
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1349
Black Plague
The Black Death kills one third of the British population -
1385
English Replacement
English replaces Latin as main language in schools (except Universities of Oxford and Cambridge) -
1392
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Popular book written about social realism and estate satire. -
1399
English Speaking Monarch
Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest -
1440
Invention of The Printing Press
The printing press had a major role in the English language. After this machine was perfected in 1450 the English language stabilized due to people learning how to read and write. -
Jun 24, 1497
Discovery of North America
A man named Christopher Columbus discovered North America after setting sail in 1492, he sailed with his captain Henry VII of England -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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Bible Published
The Authorized, or King James Version, of “The Bible” is published -
Publication of Shakespeare first Folio
This was Shakespeare’s first published Folio of all of his plays after his death. -
Period: to
Modern English
This is how the English Language is spoken today, not much has changed accept for slang throughout the generations. -
Dictionary created
Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language” -
Period: to
American Revolution
Gunfire exchanged in Lexington and Concord which starts off the Revolutionary war. -
Death of Celtic Cornish
Last native speaker of the Celtic Cornish language dies