The History Of The English Language timeline

400

Germanic tribes arrive in England
410

German settle Britain, use west dialects.
600

Rise of Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex
700

English religious texts emerge
Jan 1, 700

Beowulf's writing emerges
800

Charlemagne becomes Roman Emperor
840

Viking incursions worsen
878

English split up between Anglo- Saxons and Scandinavians
925

Athelstan reconquers York, Scotland, and Wales
1000

The oldest surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" dates in this period
1066

The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror
1086

"Domesday Book" copied
1100

London becomes de facto of England
1150

The oldest writing surviving in Middle English in this time period
1154

"The Anglo- Saxon Chronicle" ends
1167

Oxford University was made
1180

The "Olumlum" text of the monk orm was finished
1209

Cambridge University was made
1362

The pleading replaces French with English as the language of law.
1362

English is using in English Parliament for the first time.
1370

William Caxton writes "Piers Plowman"
1385

English replaces Latin as main language in schools
1388

Chaucer begins "The Canterbury Tales"
1450

The Great Vowel shift begins
1500

Start of English Renaissance
1539

"The Great Bible" was published and printed
1590

William Speakspeare writes his first play
1604

Robert Cawdrey makes the first English dictionary
1616

Death of William Shakespeare
1622

Made of the first English "Weekly news"
1755

Samual Johnson publishes his "Dictionary of the English Language"
1763

British wrest control of Canada from the French
1804

Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West
1834

Abolition of slavery in the British Empire
1928

First edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" is published
1954

Sir Ersent gowers "The Compete Plain Words" published
1989

The edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" is published
1990

Internet popularity changes personal communication
1994

British and American media influence English around the world
1995

Pop music gains popularity and forms English slang
2005

Immigration to the U.S
2010

American cultures remains majority monolingual

Germanic tribes arrive in England

German settle Britain, use west dialects.

Rise of Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex

English religious texts emerge

Beowulf's writing emerges

Charlemagne becomes Roman Emperor

Viking incursions worsen

English split up between Anglo- Saxons and Scandinavians

Athelstan reconquers York, Scotland, and Wales

The oldest surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" dates in this period

The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror

"Domesday Book" copied

London becomes de facto of England

The oldest writing surviving in Middle English in this time period

"The Anglo- Saxon Chronicle" ends

Oxford University was made

The "Olumlum" text of the monk orm was finished

Cambridge University was made

The pleading replaces French with English as the language of law.

English is using in English Parliament for the first time.

William Caxton writes "Piers Plowman"

English replaces Latin as main language in schools

Chaucer begins "The Canterbury Tales"

The Great Vowel shift begins

Start of English Renaissance

"The Great Bible" was published and printed

William Speakspeare writes his first play

Robert Cawdrey makes the first English dictionary

Death of William Shakespeare

Made of the first English "Weekly news"

Samual Johnson publishes his "Dictionary of the English Language"

British wrest control of Canada from the French

Lewis and Clark document exploration of routes to American West

Abolition of slavery in the British Empire

First edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" is published

Sir Ersent gowers "The Compete Plain Words" published

The edition of the "Oxford English Dictionary" is published

Internet popularity changes personal communication

British and American media influence English around the world

Pop music gains popularity and forms English slang

Immigration to the U.S

American cultures remains majority monolingual