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1000 BCE
Celt Migration
Northern European people move to new places from the Urnfield proto-Celts to the conquest of the last century BC.
Celtics remnants: words relating to nature, farming and names with Br words at the beginning, continuous tense "ing",
place names. -
1 BCE
The nativity of Jesus Christ
According to Christianity and Jew tradition Jesus is the Messiah, and by his birth a new era began. -
43
Roman occupation
On this period the Romans invaded the Celtic territory and during the occupation Celtic languages acquired new words from Latin language.
The words that prevailed are related to science, technology, government such as: democracy, cervical, cretaceous, etc. -
400
Germanic Settlements.
The West Germanic settlements and their languages provided the Old English Also known as Anglo-Saxon language. the first vestiges of an unified language. -
500
Beowulf and Old Englsih
Old English era begins and with this the first epic poem written: Beowulf. Because of the importance of the story it has been reinterpreted since then. Is also considered to be the most important works in Old English. -
Jan 1, 787
Viking invasion
The vikings were a fierce warrior culture that continuously were raiding and invading other tribes to get treasures an wealth. Words like berserk, ugly, muck, skull, knife, die, and cake is part of the legacy from the Vikings, they also include the names of the days of the week with the influence of their mythology. -
Jan 1, 1100
Middle English and Early Modern English
During this era, the English suffers a series of changes in its structure, is called "The Great vowel shift". we can find important works and characters that helped to shape English: Chaucer with "Canterbury Tales" and Shakespeare with all his compilations of works. Also the bible is translated into English approximately in 1384. -
Jan 1, 1500
Early Modern English
The first English settlements are made in North America starting with Jamestown as one of the thirteen colonies the British Empire. William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible is published. with all this events English was adopted in regions around the world,like North America, the Indian subcontinent, Africa, Australia and New Zealand through colonization by the British Empire. -
Empire importation
The British Empire brought a set of new additions to the English language some of the cultures that influenced this event were: Hindi, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Malay, native American tribes. -
Late Modern English
the legacy we have thanks to this era is a series of changes in the grammar aspect such as relative pronouns, reflexive pronouns, auxiliary verbs, double negation and the use of the perfect and the progressive.
