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600 BCE
The first languages are the Celtic
The first languages are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. These people settled in the British Isles about 600 BC. -
55 BCE
Invasion by the Romans
In 55BC, there was an invasion by the Romans, who spoke Latin. They gave Latin names to places and some of these names are still used today. The words from Romans are:
Sign, very, like ,love, live, and laugh ,peace, nobility, felony, attorney, government, parliament, justice, chivalry, court, courtesy, courage, beef, bacon, baptize, flower, power, royal, annoy, joy, etc. -
450
Anglo-Saxons
The first people who spoke English arrived in England in about the year 450. These people were the Anglo-Saxons and their language was Old English. The words from Anglo-Saxons are:
Live, love, heaven, fight, good, evil, man, wife, child, sleep, eat, house, stone, rain, one, two, three, green, black, the, an, to, for, but, around, will, do, and, with, etc. -
800
The Vikings invade Britain.
From about 800, the Vikings started to invade Britain. The Vikings came from countries like Denmark and Norway and spoke a language that developed into Norwegian and Danish. The words from Vikings are:
leg, skull, skirt, skin, sky, egg, score, scream, cake,etc. -
1066
In 1066, the Normans invaded England
In 1066, the Normans invaded England from Normandy in France.
They spoke an earlier version from french -
1400
Middle english
There were no more invasions of England. English became more important than French. A number of books were published in Middle English. The most famous is a book of stories called: The Canterbury Tales (1400) by Geoffrey Chaucer. -
1476
The Printing Press
With the invention of the printing press in 1476, publishing books in English became very popular. -
1564
William Shakespeare
There are many important authors in Modern English, but one of the most famous writers is William Shakespeare that he was born in 1564. -
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
William Shakespeare died in 1616