timeline

By aleixbersabe
  • CELTS
    600 BCE

    CELTS

    The first languages are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic.
  • THE ROMANS
    55 BCE

    THE ROMANS

    The Romans, who spoke Latin.
    They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today.
  • ANGLO-SAXONS
    450

    ANGLO-SAXONS

    The first people who spoke English were the Anglo-Saxons
    and their language was Old English.Clan, crag, and wraith
  • THE VIKINGS
    800

    THE VIKINGS

    Vikings started to invade Britain.They spoke a language that developed into Norwegian and Danish
    Vocab: to invade and develop.Ex freckle, leg, skull, skirt, skin, sky, egg,
  • THE NORMAN FRENCH
    1066

    THE NORMAN FRENCH

    the Normans invaded England They spoke an earlier version of French and this became the language of prestige in England.ex love, live, and laugh
  • MIDDLE ENGLISH
    1400

    MIDDLE ENGLISH

    There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French. The most famous is a book of stories called The Canterbury Tales (1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • PRINTING PRESS
    1476

    PRINTING PRESS

    With the invention of the printing press in 1476, publishing books in English became very popular.
  • WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    1564

    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

    There are many important authors in Modern English, but one of the most famous writers is William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616). And charles Dickens it's the writer oliver twist.