The History Of The English Language By paigemmaher 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
