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These are the earliest English inscriptions to survive as short runic inscriptions on metal objects.
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A short Old English poem written by Caedmon. This is his sole surviving composition
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An Old English story about a brave warrior who defeats monsters and goe to become king. -
A conquest of armies led by William The Conqueror invading England. While doing this they brought a new language called French to the English people
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William the Conqueror commissioned this book in order to raise taxes to pay for his army.
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This was an act to replace French with English as the language of law.
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24 stories written over 17,000 lines by Geoffrey Chaucer -
A series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language. It changed vowels without merger.
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With the printing press being invented it created a common language in print
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The voyages of Christopher Columbus led to the discovery of North America
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Authorised by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in church services of the Church of England
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The first English newspaper to be published was either the "Courante" or "Weekly News"
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A collection of Shakespeare's writings. Considered one of the most influential books. -
The American Revolution led the thirteen colonies to freedom from the British
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Noah Webster published the first spelling book in English
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This was written by Herbert Coleridge
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The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself. This was the first electronic messaging.
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The first computer was invented which led to a new change in the way we communicate
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The creator of the second edition was Samuel Johnson
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IBM created the first smartphone -
The first text was sent by Neil Papworth
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First iphone that started our main way of communication today
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Such as LOL, OMG, ASF
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