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500 BCE
Germanic Indo-European
Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany and
Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles.c. -
800
“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” is begun
“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” is begun. -
1066
The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror
Domesday Book” compiled -
1300
The Statute of Pleading replaces French with English as the language of law (although records continue to be kept in Latin)
English is used in English Parliament for the first time -
1450
English and French became the language of power.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare creates about 2,000 new words. -
“The Bible”
The Authorized, or King James Version, of “The Bible” is published -
“Dictionary of the English Language”
Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language” -
The Internet
the internet was used in so many ways. -
global English
now English is a nation wide language.