The English Language

By ShelbeeHolden
  • 400

    Beginning

    The English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invadede Britain.
  • Period: 400 to

    Years of the English Language

  • Period: 450 to Sep 1, 1100

    Old English

  • Sep 1, 700

    Approximate date of the earliest Manuscript records of Old English

  • Sep 1, 1000

    Approximate date of the only surviving manuscript of the Old Englsih epic poem Beowulf, composed by an anonymous poet

  • Sep 1, 1050

    Edward the Confessor King of England who was raised in Normandy names William, Duke of Normandy, as his heir.

  • Sep 28, 1066

    The Norman Invasion

    Moving the language to more French speaking.
  • Period: Sep 1, 1100 to Sep 1, 1500

    Middle English

  • Sep 1, 1150

    Approximate date of the earliest surviving texts in Middle English

  • Sep 1, 1204

    King John loses control of the Duchy of Normandy and other French Lands; England is now the only home of the Nolman French/English

  • Sep 1, 1300

    Under Edward the first, royal authority is consolidated in England and Wales. English becomes the dominant language of all classes.

  • Sep 1, 1350

    Selcouth= unfamiliar Quiddity= the essence of something Balter= the dance artlessly; without grace or skill

  • Sep 1, 1360

    Piggesque= a "cuckonflower" someone who is pretty but not particularly bright

  • Sep 1, 1475

    Chaucer Canterbury Tales

    Collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' civil war.
  • Sep 1, 1500

    The Invention of the Printing Press

    This is the date of when the Printing Presses were in Operation.
  • Period: Sep 1, 1500 to

    Early Modern English

  • Sep 1, 1553

    Thomas Wilson publishes the Art of Rhetorique, one of the first works on logic and rhetoric in English.

  • The discovery of North America

    This is the first date I found.

  • Publication of Shakespeares First Folio

    The Sep 1st thing I dont know my years are what I go off of not the month and date

  • Postmortem= medical exam of the dead body YOLO= you only live once and Success= the achievement of something desired

  • The American Revolution

    The dates were 1765-1783. This was a political upheaval.
  • Period: to

    Late Modern English

    2014...meaning Present Time and still continuing

  • Beowulf

    I could not find an exact date of when it was written. I have the printed date.

  • The first edition of Roget's Thesaurus is published.

  • Webster's Third New International Dictionary is published.

  • Hwit= white Sweart= black and Gecio= yellow