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It's unsure exactly when his poem was written but it is known to be one of the oldest surviving long poems. -
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Christianity was introduced to the Celts in England. The first Germanic tribes arrive in Britain.
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The conquest of the Celtic population in Britain by West Germanic dialect speakers eventually determined much of the characteristics of the English language.
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The earliest manuscript records of Old English
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The Normans brought French with them causing a linguistic class division, the upper clasd spoke French while the lower class spoke English. This brought middle english where mostly english was spoken with French words added. -
The earliest surviving texts in Middle English were from around this time. No, not phone text but written books. haha!
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In the late 1300's English became the dominant language of all classes in England and Wales.
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King Henry the IV was the first English monarch that delivered a speech in English.
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A collection of stories about a group of pilgrims travelling to canterbury cathederal. The writer made these stories comical, satirial, and romantic.
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Johannes Gutenburg had the printing press perfected by 1450. This made the English spelling more standardized. -
It's said that Christopher Columbus is credited with the dicovery of North America. There was a wide liguistic divide in America at this time.
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The first printing press pubished Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales. Literacy rates increased significantly.
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The King James Version (KJV) Bible is the first English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England. It was started in 1604 and published in 1611. -
This was grouped into comedy, history, tragedy. 7 years after Shakespear died actors John Heminge, and Henry Condell published his first folio.
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The first daily English language Newspaper in Britain. -
This revolution defeated the British and gave America independence. After the war America started perfecting their own english grammar. -
The first Merriam-Webster dictionary was issued. Although this was not Webster's first dictionary, it was the final compilation of his dictionaries.
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This invention broadcasted to the masses the model of the English accent even though it was only spoken by about 1 in 50.
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