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The conquest of the Celtic population in Britain by speakers of West Germanic dialects influenced the English language. -
Ethelbert, the King of Kent became the first English king converted to Christianity -
Rise of the Anglo kingdom of Mercia, East Anglia and Northumbria. -
Rise of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex, Essex and Middlesex. -
written in Latin by the monk Venerable Bede. -
Scandinavians began to settle in Britain and Ireland and Danes settled in parts of Ireland. -
Cornwall is incorporated into the Egbert of Wessex’s kingdom and recognized as overlord of the Heptarchy. England is divided into a kingdom ruled by the Anglo Saxons and another by Scandinavians. -
After the Danes established a kingdom at York. -
Established by King Alfred of Wessex. -
Manuscript of the Old English Beowulf poem written between the 8th century and the 11th century. The Danish king Canute rules over England and encourages the growth of Anglo-Saxon culture and literature -
Crowned King of England and Norman French became the language used by the law and upper classes, Latin is used in church and schools and English stopped being written. -
Breakdown of the inflectional system of Old English and the expansion of vocabulary from French and Latin. -
Declared himself overlord of Ireland, introduced Norman French and English to the nation. -
Used in England only after King John lost the power. -
Is founded. -
Signs the Magna Carta. -
Royal authority was consolidated in England and Wales under Edward I and the English language dominates all classes. -
The Black Death killed one-third of England’s population. The Canterbury Tales was written by Chaucer. Latin in schoolar ambits was replaced by English language. The Latin Bible is translated into English by John Wycliffe. -
Became the first English monarch to use the English language in a speech. -
British exploration, colonization and overseas trade lead to the development of new varieties of English. -
Beginning of the Renaissance English settlements are made in North America. Henry VII became the first Tudor monarch -
Linked religion and politics were cut from Catholic Europe over a period of time. -
Increased and plays exposed the greater public to the new words and phrases which increased their depth and vocabulary. -
Begins her 45-year reign as queen of England and restored Roman practices to the church of England. The British defeat the Spanish Armada. -
Wrote his plays, which were distributed around England, and influenced Early Modern English. -
After Queen Elizabeth I's death -
Is written by Robert Cawdrey and is published. -
Established at Jamestown, Virginia. -
Published -
Arrived in Virginia. -
After King Charles I attempts to arrest his parliamentary critics. -
Executed and the Parliament dissolved. -
Replaced with a Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell’s rule. -
Appointed a committee to improve English as a language of science. -
Unites the Parliaments of England and Scotland, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain. -
Proposed the creation of an English Academy to regulate English usage. -
One of the first modern English novels, is published by Daniel Defoe. -
Is signed and the American War of Independence leads to the United States of America’s creation. -
Where now is known as Sydney,. -
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Declared by France. Jacobins took control, abolished monarchy and the nation was declared a republic. -
Went to the guillotine and Robespierre led the Jacobins. -
Arrested by Revolutionary authorities. War was declared on Britain by France and lasted for 22 years. The Tory government banned all talk of parliamentary reform outside the Parliament. -
By William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge began The Romantic Age in British Poetry. -
The Act of Union incorporates Ireland into Britain.: -
Occupied by the British. Grimm’s Law, later elaborated by Jacob Grimm, identified relationships between certain consonants in Germanic Languages. Marking an advance in the development of linguistics. -
Caused workers to lose their jobs. Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen, a romantic novel of manners, was published. -
By the French led by Napoleon Bonaparte and thanks to British and allied enemies, he was forced to abandon his crown. -
Ended Bonaparte’s reign at the battlefield at Waterloo, Belgium. -
By Mary Shelley, a romantic and gothic novel was published. -
Manchester’s soldiers killed cotton workers. -
Emerged and the past reform’s rejection changed. -
Made it possible for the Roman Catholics to restore their economy and religion. -
Allowed Men from the Middle Class to vote. -
Abolished by the Parliament. -
The 64-year reign began. -
Got married. -
Britain, France and Turkey got involved, thwarting the Russian expansion -
Forced Queen Victoria to left the government in the hands of her prime ministers. -
Ascended as a wealthy and mighty Empire that expanded through Asia and Africa. -
And Britain was struggling with the social and economic problems industrialization had caused.