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May 20, 1150
surviving manuscripts
Earliest surviving manuscripts in Middle English. -
May 19, 1348
english class
The language of english was now starting to be taught in schools instead of the last used language of french. -
Jun 20, 1362
new language of law
This year english is the new language of the law. English replaced french as the language of law. -
Aug 19, 1400
Great Vowel Shift
The shifting of vowels between the middle english language and the modern english language. -
Mar 20, 1492
printing press
William Caxton (ca. 1415~1422 – ca. March 1492) was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. As far as is known, he was the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England. He was also the first English retailer of printed books (his London contemporaries in the same trade were all Dutch, German or French). -
table alphabeticall
A Table Alphabeticall is the abbreviated title of the first monolingual dictionary in the English language, created by Robert Cawdrey and first published in London in 1604. -
The daily courant
the first daily english newspaper,The daily courant, is published in london. -
First dictionary
Published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.
