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Period: 300 to 1100
Old
In Old English they had workds like abutan (around or about), adl (to be ill), and amyrran (to wound). -
310
Roman withdraws from Britain
The Roman leave Britian over the course of a couple years because they are unmanagable as a country. -
700
Beowulf’s writing
One of the oldest poems that we still have access to today. It is an epic poem and is 3182 lines long. -
871
Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex
This was a big step for Wessex as his different beliefs and style of ruling changed the way they did things. -
972
Vikings raids on Britain begin
Vikings brought with them their own lanuage, which ened up impacting the way the natives spoke. -
1066
Norman Invasion
The norman invasion added a bunch of French words to the english lanuage, as well as a couple other words that weren't French. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle
Middle english had words like anon (at once), cas (happening now, chance), and Coy (quiet). -
1209
Oxford university was established
It was a place to teach people about english and other things, so what ever they taught was pretty much english at that point in time. -
1384
English translation of the bible was published
This had people learning new phrases and making people want to read more so they could understand -
1387
Chauncer’s Tales
it was a collection of stories with over 17,000 lines. This was a big deal because it wasn't a common thing at the time. -
1399
Henry IV becomes the first english speaking monarch since before the conquest
With a king being one of the poeple speaking a fairly new language, it was showing people that came from further away that it was a real language. -
1440
Invention of the printing press
This was a huge deal because it meant that more people were going to learn how to read, and the language was going to solidify more as a whole. -
1492
Discovery of North America
This added more words to our voabularies as we learned about different people and cultures as well as new plants and animals. -
Period: 1500 to
Modern
Modern english is what we speak today, so all the words in this sentence are examples of Modern English. -
The first dictionary was published
This gave people access to more words and how to spell them, which naturally made them use them more in their daily lives -
Death of william Shakespeare
This brought up his works again, reopening his use of language and words, bringing them back into use. -
The first american news paper was published
This was giving people daily oppertunites to read about things happening in their world, which gave them the oppertunity to solidify the language even further -
Publication of Shakespeare’s first folio
Seven years after his death, Shakespeare's first folio was published, which lead to people reading it and using the lanuage from the very well writen author. -
American revolution
The revolution caused a lot of new words to apear and disapear with the rising of the people.
