timeline of the English Language

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  • 400

    Old English

  • Mar 20, 1010

    First recorded conversation

  • Mar 20, 1020

    Anglo Saxon chronicle

    records English evensts
  • Oct 14, 1066

    Norman invasion

    battle of Hastings
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Old Enlish ended

  • Jan 1, 1150

    First text of the middle English Era

  • Jan 1, 1190

    The Owl and the Nightingale

    Earliest form of English with whats known as a "verse contest"
  • Mar 21, 1215

    The Magna Carta

  • Mar 1, 1290

    Expulsion of Jews from England

  • Mar 21, 1348

    Chronicle of The Black Death

  • Mar 20, 1453

    Printing Press

  • Jan 1, 1475

    The Canterbury Tales

  • Jun 1, 1492

    Discovery of North America

  • Jan 1, 1494

    Discovery of americas/south America

  • Mar 21, 1526

    First printed Bible in English.

  • Cawdrey's Table Alphabeticall

    The first dictionary listed 3000 words.

  • Shakespear's First Folio

  • Habeas Corpus act

    No one can be unlawfully inprisoned

  • American revolution

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

  • Wanted poster for Hitler

  • Paul Robeson's Othello

  • Modern english

  • Date of Beowulf's writing.

  • st augustine

    He wanted to convert Britain to Christianity. He wanted new religious words and concepts to the English people

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