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Germanic Tribes invaded the Celtic Tribes and started the English language.
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William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invades and conquers England.
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A a result, fewer English people wanted to speak French. English again became dominant language.
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English replaces Latin as the language of instruction in most schools.
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English replaces French as the language of law. English is used in Parliament for the first time.
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The diffusion of the dialect spoken in London and the university cities was first encouraged by the introduction of the printing press to England.
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Table Alphabeticall, the first English dictionary, is published.
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The nucleus of the sountheastern colonies was Virginia, where the first permanent settlement by the English in North America was established at Jamestown.
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English first diffused west from England to North America in the seventeenth century.
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The first daily English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London.
