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1000 BCE
Germanic Indo-European tribes living in parts of modern-day Germany
The areas of Germany and Jutland were inhabited by Germanic tribes and they spoke first English there -
500 BCE
Celts
Celts inhabit much of Europe, and beginning to colonize the British Isles -
55 BCE
First Roman Invasion
First Roman raids on Britain under Julius Caesar -
450
The migration of the Germanic tribes to the British Isles
Anglo-Saxon settlement (Angles, Frisians, Saxons, Jutes) of Britain begins -
600
Almost the whole Britain speaks Old Englisch
Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England -
792
First Scandinavian influence on the Germanic tribes begins
Viking raids of Britain begin -
1066
Time changes
The Norman conquest under William the Conqueror -
1086
“Domesday Book” compiled
English people started feeling as outlanders . Their culture started changing , their rule diappearing and laws reformating . The main thing English was changed by Norman French -
1382
English is back
English is used in English Parliament for the first time -
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare writes his first plays -
Oxford Language
First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published