history of English that affected the development of the language.

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  • 55 BCE

    ROMAN INVASION TO BRITANIA

    ROMAN INVASION TO BRITANIA
  • 793

    VIKING AND DANISH INVASION

    VIKING AND DANISH INVASION
    The Vikings (Norway) and Danes (Denmark) invade British territory, thereby leaving the integration of some significant words that would be implemented in the English language.
  • 800

    GERMAN INVASION

    GERMAN INVASION
  • 1100

    MIDDLE ENGLISH (INVASION OF NORMANDIA)

    MIDDLE ENGLISH (INVASION OF NORMANDIA)
  • 1500

    EARLY MODERN ENGLISH

    EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
    The early modern English language begins to be spoken in the 15th century as it has a richer lexical structure thanks to the vocabulary acquired by different languages.
  • 1562

    WILLIAN SHAKESPEARE

    WILLIAN SHAKESPEARE
    Shakespeare contributes a considerable amount of words and phrases that the British began to add to the English language due to the great boom that Shakespeare's literary works had.

  • ISAAC NEWTON

    ISAAC NEWTON
    Isaac Newton physicist and mathematician who in 1672 wrote his scientific works which were recognized throughout the world and through the times in which he integrated a new scientific language to the English language since it was his first writings which added a new lexicon in the English language.