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Period: 400 to
History of English Language
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Period: 500 to 1100
Old English
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601
Widsith
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660
Caedmom Hymn
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700
Beowulf's Writing
Beowulf's writing is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature. -
800
Viking
The Vikings came over from Scandinavia and invaded Britain. -
1066
Norman Invasion
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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1343
Chaucers Canter Bury Tales
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1350
Great Vowel Shift
The Great Vowel Shift was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. -
1384
Bible in English
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1400
Middle English
English gradually took over again from the early French. -
1476
Printing Press Comes to England
Before the printing press European texts were printed using a form of wood blocking. -
1492
Discovery of North America
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Period: 1500 to
Modern English
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Publication of Shakespears's first folio
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American Revolution
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Internet
