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1500 BCE
First sign of English Language
languages of the Indo-European group -
1000 BCE
Proto Germanic
1000-500 BC -
45 BCE
Britain becomes part of the Roman Empire
410 collapse of the Roman Empire -
449
Invasion of Britain by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
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700
First written evidence of Old English
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780
Scandinavian invasion begins
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1066
Battle of Hastings
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1100
Middle English
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1204
Loss of Normandy
England becomes the sole remaining home of Norman English -
1390
First English cookery manuscript
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1473
First English Printed book
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1489
French no longer used as the language of parliament
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1564
Birth of Shakespeare
1616 death of Shakespeare -
English arrives in North America
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Johnson's publication of the dictionary
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The publications of Lowth's grammar
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Grimms law