The History Of The English Language

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  • Period: 400 to 499

    Germanic invaders enter Britain

    The Germanic Invaders entered Britain from the East and South coasts.
  • Period: 450 to 1100

    Old English

  • 500

    The word Father changed three different times

  • 1066

    Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • Period: 1300 to 1399

    English slowly became the dominant language

  • 1340

    Chaucer's tales written

  • Invention of the Printing Press
    1440

    Invention of the Printing Press

    This device helped to solidify what languages looked like and how they would integrate into eachother.
  • 1462

    North America discovered

  • 1500

    New Pronouciations arose all over the English language

  • Period: 1500 to

    Renaissance of Classical Learning

    British explorers would travel, visit, and learn from other civilizations' languages.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Early Modern English

  • Shakespeare's first folio

    Shakespeare's first folio

  • Beowulf's writing

  • First English Dictionary was Printed

  • American Revolution began

  • Period: to

    Late Modern English