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The Romans decided to separate from Britain causing a shift in language
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The language Anglo-Saxon is now used in most of modern-day England
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The English epic “Beowulf” is written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet
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The Normans invaded England and conquered Britain thus forcing the majority of the population to speak French
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The University of Oxford is built and opened
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The University of Cambridge is built and opened
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Chaucer begins to write his most famous stories which he named, "The Canterbury Tales"
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The Great Vowel Shift begins.
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The very first printing press is made
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Christopher Columbus discovers America
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The Bible is published
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Shakespeare writes his first play
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William Shakespeare dies of unknown reasons
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William Shakespeare's first folio is published
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Britain takes control of Canada from the French
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The American Revolution begins
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The first edition of "The Times" is printed in London
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Lewis and Clark set out and document their journey across America
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The very first edition of the "Oxford Dictionary" is published and released to the public
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The second edition of the "Oxford Dictionary" is published
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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
