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The Goths invade Rome and the first Germanic tribe arrives in England.
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Some words in Old English are,
Bauchle
Climb-Tack and Crinkle- Winkle. -
This is when the earliest manuscript records of Old English were created.
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Beowulf's release most of his poetry between the years of 700 and 1000 AD.
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The monk Venerable Bede wrote The Ecclesiastical History of the English People. This was written in Latin. It had information about the Angelo Saxton settlement.
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Beowulf's released his manuscript between the years of 975 and 1010 AD.
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Around this approximate date, one of the only surviving manuscripts of the Old English epic poem Beowulf was composed by an anonymous writer.
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William the Conqueror, who is the Duke of Normandy invaded England and conquered it. Following the invasion, the Normans introduced a type of French to the English people and it became the language of the Royal Court.
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Some words in Middle English are,
Kan,
Breene, and Axe. -
This is the approximate date of the earliest surviving texts that were in Middle English.
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Scholars from Oxford formed The University of Cambridge.
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Geoffry Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was written between 1387 and 1400 and was composed of more than 17,000 lines and 24 stories.
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At the Coronation of King Henery IV, he becomes the first English monarch to deliver his speech in English.
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The printing press was invented by Johannes Gutenberg around the year of 1440. This printing press was based on the screw presses.
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North America was discovered by Christopher Colombus in 1492 while he was trying to sail to Japan.
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Some words in Early Modern English are, Bred, Led, and Sloe.
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The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England was first published in 1549.
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The first pamphlet of English grammar was published in 1586. It was written by William Bullokar and was titled Pamphlet for Grammar.
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The first English Dictionary was written in 1604.
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William Shakespeare's First Folio is considered to be one of the most influential books in the English Language.
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The American Revolution started in 1765 when the American Colonies were seeking their independence from Great Britton. The war didn't officially start until 1775. The Revolution ended in 1783 after the Treaty of Paris was signed.
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Some words in Late Modern English are
Oxygen, Vaccine, and Nuclear. -
The Oxford English Dictionary Online was made available to people in 2000.
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The Dictionary of American Regional English fifth volume was published in 2012 by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.