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Period: 6000 BCE to 6000 BCE
English Channel
The English Channel is formed, cutting off the British Isles from mainland Europe. -
Period: 500 BCE to 500 BCE
The Celts
The Celts begin to colonize Britain.
Words of Celtic origin in modern English: bog, clan, crag, glen, pet,
slew, slogan, trousers -
Period: 55 BCE to 55 BCE
Roman
First Roman invasion of Britain.
Rome ends up occupying Britain for about 500 years. -
Period: 450 to 480
Old English inscriptions
Earliest Old English inscriptions. -
Period: 450 to 450
Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes
Germanic Anglo-Saxon tribes begin to inhabit British Isles, and the English language is born! -
Period: 597 to 597
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons start converting to Christianity, and English starts adopting new words from Latin, such as: angel, candle, hymn, lobster, martyr, plant, noon, school, sock -
792
Vikings
Britain first undergoes raids from the Vikings, giving English words from Old Norse: bull, club, law, ransack, reindeer, slaughter, wing