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1066
Norman Conquest
William the Conqueror invated the island of Britain from France -
1100
The Ormulum
In the 12th Century a 19,000 line biblical text written by a monk called Orm is an important resource on his regard -
1100
Norman King Henry II
In the 12th Century Francien words from Central France were imported in addition to their Anglo/Norman catch. -
1154
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
It recorded its last entry -
1167
Oxford University
The Oxford University was founded. -
1204
King John
England became even more isolated from continental Europe -
1204
King John's Lost
King John's ineptness lost the French part of Normandy to the King of Franced and the Norman nobles were forced to look more to their English properties -
1209
Cambrige University
The University of Cambrige was founded -
1337
The Hundred Year War against France
This war had the effect of branding French as the language of the enemy -
1340
Noun Genders
In the 14th Century noun genders had almost completely died out, and adjectives were reduced to two inflections -
1349
Black Death
The black death killed about a third of the English population, about 4 million people -
1350
French Words
In the middle of 14th Century, French words continued to stream into English at an increasing pace -
1362
The Statue of Pleading
The Statue of Pleading made English the official language of the Courts and Parliament -
1385
School
English had become the language of instructions in schoo -
1399
Henry IV
Henry IV who came to the English throne was the first monarch since before the conquest to have English as his mother tongue.
