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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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  • Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany
    1000 BCE

    Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany

    The areas of Germany and Jutland were inhabited by Germanic tribes and they spoke first English there
  • Celts
    500 BCE

    Celts

    Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles
  • First Roman Invasion
    55 BCE

    First Roman Invasion

    First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar
  • The migration of the Germanic tribes to the British Isles
    450

    The migration of the Germanic tribes to the British Isles

    Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins
  • Almost the whole Britain speaks Old Englisch
    600

    Almost the whole Britain speaks Old Englisch

    Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England
  • First Scandinavian influence on the Germanic tribes begins
    792

    First Scandinavian influence on the Germanic tribes begins

    Viking raids of Britain begin
  • Time changes
    1066

    Time changes

    The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror
  • “Domesday Book” compiled
    1086

    “Domesday Book” compiled

    English people started feeling as outlanders . Their culture started changing , their rule diappearing and laws reformating . The main thing English was changed by Norman French
  • English is back
    1382

    English is back

    English is used in English Parliament for the first time
  • William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare writes his first plays
  • Oxford Language

    Oxford Language

    First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published