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English Language over Time

By dcut4
  • Period: 400 to 500

    Angles and Saxons used runes

  • Jul 15, 600

    7th Century Monastry Writing

  • Period: Jul 15, 1100 to Jul 15, 1300

    Norman Conquest wrote in French and Latin

  • Jul 15, 1200

    13th Century French words taken into English

  • Period: Jul 15, 1300 to

    long vowels affected by Great Vowel Shift

  • Jul 15, 1348

    French domination ended with plague

  • Jul 15, 1400

    Jeffery Chaucer developed English conventions we use today.

  • Jul 15, 1400

    15th Century Henry V English in official documents

  • Period: Jul 15, 1400 to

    Mess of English spelling due to printing by foreign printers.

  • Jul 15, 1430

    English became official language of England

  • Jul 15, 1476

    Caxton developed first printing press.

  • Jul 15, 1500

    First English Bibles printed

  • Stabilization of English spelling system.

  • Samuel Johnson developed dictionary.

  • Johnson Dictionary used as main reference.

  • American Dictionary of English

  • Phonetic Science and Phonetic Spelling was published.

  • Simplified Spelling Board

  • First English Writing System

  • Wext Saxon English Spelling dialect

  • Period: to

    Alfred the Great to Modern Day