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Period: 400 to
History of the English Language
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450
Invasion of Britain by Three Germanic Tribes
Angles, Saxons, Jutes -
Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
mann=man
cyning=king
mona=moon
fedan=to feed -
792
Vikings Raid Britain
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800
Suspected Date of Beowulf's Writing
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871
Alfred the Great Becomes King of Wessex
Encourages English prose and translation of Latin works -
1066
The Norman Invasion
The Normans brought with them a type of French language. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
anon=at once
brenne=burn
han=have
quod=said -
1209
Cambridge University Established
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1362
First Use of English in Parliament
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1385
English Replaces Latin in Schools
English becomes the main language in all schools except at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. -
1394
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Collection of 24 Stories
1387-1400 -
1445
The Invention of the Printing Press
Johannes Gutenberg
1440-1450 -
1492
The Discovery of North America
Christopher Columbus -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
whence=from where
doth=does
art=are
'twas=it was -
Period: 1500 to
Modern English
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Publication of First English Dictionary
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First Publication of "The Times" Newspaper in London
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
A collection of Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies -
The American Revolution
1775-1783 -
Period: to
Late Modern English
hard drive
microchip
vaccine
nuclear -
Publication of First Edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary"
