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Period: 400 to 1100
Old Eniglish
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410
Three Germanic Tribes Inveade Britan. The Saxon gain control of modern day England.
This event is the start of what would evolve into modern English. -
750
Beowulf's Writing
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850
The Vikings Invade England
The Vikings Invade England this leads there being more langues that mix with English. -
995
The Battle of Maldon Pome Written by an unknowen author
A heroic poem that got written in old English by an unknown author the earilst manuscript was lost in the 1700's. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
MIddle Eniglish
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1154
The Fall of the Norman Empier
The Norman Empire falls and more French words are incorporated with English. -
1320
The Black Plag
The Black Plug spreads through Europe killing a quarter of the population. -
1400
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
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1450
The Invention of the Printing Press
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1450
The Great Vowel Change
The Great Vowel Change changed how vowels were used and how they sounded. -
1492
The discovery of North America
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1500
The Start of the Scientific Revolutions
The Start of the Scientific Revolutions leads to many new works being written that formed the basics of modern science. -
Period: 1500 to
Modern Eniglish
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Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
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The American Revolution
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The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution led to many new inventions and many new words for all the new inventions. -
The British Empire at it's Largest
After WW1 the British Empire at it's largest having over 25% of the world's land in it's empire. -
The Invention of the Internet
The Invention of the Internet lead to people being able to write online and talk to each other. This and WW2 lead to English being the biggest langue.