Language

By victoria.brown
  • Jan 1, 1066

    England conquered by the Normans

    This leads to English being a good bit different from German today
  • Jan 1, 1204

    England lost control of Normany

    As a result, fewer people in England wished to speak French, and English again became the dominant language.
  • Jan 1, 1362

    Statute of Pleading

    Parliament enacted the Statute of Pleading to change the offical langauge of court business from French to English
  • Jan 1, 1476

    Introduction of the Printing Press

  • Jamestown, Virginia

    First English colony

  • Classification of dialects

    Hans Kurath created the most comprehensive classification of dialects