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English is used in English Parliament for the first time
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Indeed,, he Statute of Pleading replaces French with English as the language of law (although records continue to be kept in Latin)
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John Wycliffe publishes his English translation of “The Bible”
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English replaces Latin as main language in schools (except Universities of Oxford and Cambridge)
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Henry IV becomes first English-speaking monarch since before the Conquest
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“The Great Bible” published
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The first English settlement in North America had actually been established some 20 years before.
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Robert Cawdrey publishes the first English dictionary, “A Table Alphabeticall”
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First Folio of Shakespeare’s works is published.
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George Washington defeats Cornwallis at Yorktown and Britain abandons its American colonies
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British penal colony established in Australia
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First English settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West.
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India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain
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Second edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published.