Anglo-saxons

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  • 54 BCE

    Romans

    The Romans arrived in England and named it Britannia. It would continue being part of the Empire until its collapse and had a strong Latin influence.
  • Period: 54 BCE to 1066

    Anglo-Saxon History

  • 410

    Migrations

    The Angles, Jutes and Saxons arrived in England from Anglia, Saxony and Jutland. They replaced the Latin population quickly and imposed a Germanic influence.
  • 560

    Anglo-Saxons

    The peoples eventually unified into a single group called the Anglo-Saxons whose language was Germanic but drifted further and further from the continental languages.
  • 590

    Christianity

    Thanks to Irish scholars, Christianity spread into England and eventually became a Christian land.
  • 1016

    North Sea Empire

    The Danes would invade England and incorporate it into the North Sea Empire.
  • 1066

    Norman Conquest

    In 1066, William the Conqueror invades England and conquers it. This period would start England as we know it and would borrow heavily from French.