The History of the English Language

  • Period: 5000 BCE to 600 BCE

    Iberians

    Considered to be UK's indigenous inhabitants.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 55

    Celts

    The Celts suffered two Roman invasions beginning in the 55BE.
  • 55 BCE

    Roman Invasion

    55% of the English lexicon is of Latin origin.
  • 401

    Anglo-Saxon Invasion

    The beginning of the Middle Ages. These years are called the Dark Middle Ages.
  • 793

    Danes

    The Danes invade the UK.
  • 878

    Danelaw

  • 1066

    Normans

    The invasion of the Norman people with the Battle of Hastings. It also marks the beginning of the High Middle Ages.
  • Period: to

    Cultural Invasions

    The UK suffered cultural invasions from Asian and Eastern European countries.

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