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400
Invaded by Angles(Ger), Saxons(Ger) and Jutes(DK).
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Period: 400 to Dec 4, 1066
Anglo-saxon period/invasions
Invasion by the Jutes and the saxons. The danish vikings stayed and influenced widely with Norse. -
500
Divived into 5 nations
The Island at present contains five nations, the English, Britons, Scots, Picts and Lations. This is how the monks decribed -
Dec 14, 700
Roman letters replaced the runic alphabet
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Jan 1, 730
''Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'' was written
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Period: Dec 5, 1066 to Dec 13, 1470
Norman invasion, influenced mostly the high standing.
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Dec 14, 1200
Country was split in 3: english, french and latin.
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Dec 14, 1384
Translation of the bible, big impact on english vocabulary.
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Dec 14, 1400
Grammar was changed to the one we see today.
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Period: Dec 14, 1476 to
early modern english
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Dec 17, 1476
First printing press was set up by William Caxton.
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Dec 17, 1480
They were working on how to print and write correctly.
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Bible was translated again
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First proper dictionary of the English language by Samuel Johnson.
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''A short introduction to English grammar'' by Robert Lowth's.
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Publish of John Walker's ''pronouncing Dictionary''.
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America gained independence from Britain
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Period: to
American English
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A new standard english language was made
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Period: to
Modern English
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Noah webster's ''American Dictionary'' published
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Austen's novel ''Emma'', not that different from todays language.
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Alot of new words were added in the 19th century.
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Danish vikings settle as farmers
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Danelaw was established
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Period: to Jan 1, 1000
Danelaw was established by the vikings
Danelaw was established by the vikings