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410
Seperation (Before English)
The Romans decided to separate from Britain causing a shift in language -
600
Anglo-Saxon Is The Norm (Old English)
The language Anglo-Saxon is now used in most of modern-day England -
800
Beowulf (Old English)
The English epic “Beowulf” is written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet -
1066
Norman Conquest (Middle English)
The Normans invaded England and conquered Britain thus forcing the majority of the population to speak French -
1167
New University Made
The University of Oxford is built and opened -
1209
New University Made
The University of Cambridge is built and opened -
1388
Chaucer Begins. (Middle English)
Chaucer begins to write his most famous stories which he named, "The Canterbury Tales" -
1450
The Vowels (Early Modern English)
The Great Vowel Shift begins. -
1476
Printing Press
The very first printing press is made -
1492
America
Christopher Columbus discovers America -
1539
The Bible (Early Modern English)
The Bible is published -
First Of Many (Early Modern English)
Shakespeare writes his first play -
Death (Early Modern English)
William Shakespeare dies of unknown reasons -
First Published (Early Modern English)
William Shakespeare's first folio is published -
Canada (Early Modern English)
Britain takes control of Canada from the French -
American Revolution (Early Modern English)
The American Revolution begins -
Times (Late Moder English)
The first edition of "The Times" is printed in London -
Lewis and Clark (Late Modern English)
Lewis and Clark set out and document their journey across America -
Dictionary
The very first edition of the "Oxford Dictionary" is published and released to the public -
The Second
The second edition of the "Oxford Dictionary" is published -
Modern Day (Late Modern English)
For modern day we use the internet to communicate and we use different slang words that used to be proper English. Not many advancements in the English language have happened in the 2000's
