𝔼𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 ʚ✩ɞ

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖊𝖑𝖙𝖘

600 BCE

The first languages in the British Isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. These people settled the British Isles about
600 BC. That is more than 2500 years ago! Words from the Celts; war, battle, druid, brat, settlement... etc.

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖘

55 BCE

In 55BC, there was an invasion by the Romans, who spoke Latin.
They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today. Word from the Romans; temple, soldier, mosaic, colosseum, villa... etc.

𝕬𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖔 - 𝕾𝖆𝖝𝖔𝖓𝖘

447

The first people who spoke English
arrived in England in about the year 450.
These people were the Anglo-Saxons
and their language was Old English. Words from the anglo-saxons; jewellery, coins... etc.

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝓥𝖎𝓴𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘

800

From about 800, the Vikings started to invade Britain.
The Vikings came from countries like Denmark and
Norway and spoke a language that developed
into Norwegian and Danish Words from the vikings; empire, medieval, anvil, attack... etc.

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖘

1066

In 1066, the Normans invaded England from Normandy in France.
They spoke an earlier version of French and this became the language of prestige in England. Words from the Normans; Rice, nuggets, powers, savage...

𝕸𝖎𝖉𝖉𝖑𝖊 𝕰𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍

1400

There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French.
A number of books were published in Middle English.
The most famous is a book of stories called
The Canterbury Tales (1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer. Words from middle english; Weze, callosity...

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕻𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖘

1476

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

𝖂𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖆𝖒 𝓢𝖍𝖆𝓴𝖊𝖘𝖍𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖗

1546

There are many important authors in Modern English, but one of the most famous writers is William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616).