THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH

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  • 500

    the first period : celtic period

    Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles
  • 550

    english romans

    First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar Roman occupation of Britain under Emperor Claudius Roman withdrawal from Britain
  • Jan 1, 600

    the creation of the lenguage

    Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England
  • Jan 1, 792

    vikings

    Viking raids of Britain begin
    Charles II of France grants Normandy to the Viking chief Hrolf the Ganger (the beginning of Norman French)
  • Jan 1, 1100

    london

    London becomes de facto capital of England
  • Jan 1, 1154

    Eleanor of Aquitaine,

    Eleanor of Aquitaine, French wife of Henry II, becomes Queen Consort of England
  • Jan 1, 1161

    oxford

    Oxford University established
  • Jan 1, 1209

    cambirdge

    Cambridge University established
  • Jan 1, 1349

    black death

    The Black Death kills one third of the British population
  • Jan 1, 1362

    english

    English is used in English Parliament for the first time
  • Jan 1, 1526

    the bible

    William Tyndale prints his English translation of the New Testament of “The Bible”

  • william Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare writes his first plays

  • death of Shakespeare

    Shakespeare death

  • Publication of the first daily English-language newspaper

  • Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language

  • British colony established in new Zealand

  • United States ends slavery after Civil War

  • First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published

  • Second edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published