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  Earliest surviving manuscripts in Middle English.
 The earliest known Middle English manuscripts were made.
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  In most schools,the English language replaced Latin as the language of instruction.
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  English replaces French as the "language of the law". It is used in Parliment for the very first time.
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  William Caxton created the first printing press in English.
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  Shakespeare the great playwriter, who changed the English language forever,was born.
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  Table Alphabeticall was the first english dictionairy. It was published.
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  Shakespeare, the great English playwriter and poet died.
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  The first daily newspaper in English was published in London.