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65,000 BCE
People left Africa
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5000 BCE
Proto-IE
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1000 BCE
Proto-Germanic
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400
Germanic tribes invade
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500
Old English
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600
Missionaries
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750
Vikings invade
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1000
OE written
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1200
Norman Conquest
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1300
Middle English
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1400
Renaissance
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1500
´´Modern´´ English Shakespeare
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Our English