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The Viking raids on Britain begin. -
Danelaw established, dividing Britain into Anglo-Saxon south and Danish north
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William, duke of Normandy Invaded England, which caused the English Language to be influenced by French.
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The Black Death kills one third of the British population -
English replaces Latin as main language in schools (except Universities of Oxford and Cambridge)
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Popular book written about social realism and estate satire. -
Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest -
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. -
A man named Christopher Columbus discovered North America after setting sail in 1492, he sailed with his captain Henry VII of England -
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The Authorized, or King James Version, of “The Bible” is published -
This was Shakespeare’s first published Folio of all of his plays after his death. -
This is how the English Language is spoken today, not much has changed accept for slang throughout the generations.
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Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language”
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Gunfire exchanged in Lexington and Concord which starts off the Revolutionary war.
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Last native speaker of the Celtic Cornish language dies