The History Of The English Language

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  • Period: 400 to

    The history of the English language

  • Period: 400 to 1000

    Old English

  • 512

    The first Germanic tribes arrive in Britain

  • 580

    Suspected date of Beowulf's writing

  • 598

    Romans withdraw from Britain

  • 700

    Manuscript records of Old English

    Manuscript records of Old English
    Words used- Beowulf, Fisc
  • 1049

    Danes attack England

    Danes attack England
  • 1066

    The Norman Invasion

  • Period: 1100 to 1500

    Middle English

  • 1171

    Henry II declares himself overlord of Ireland

  • 1300

    English becomes the dominant language of all classes

    English becomes the dominant language of all classes
    Words used - Kyngdom, Temptacion
  • 1386

    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

  • 1440

    The invention of the Printing Press

  • 1453

    The Hundred Years War

  • 1492

    The discovery of North America

  • Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio

  • The American Revolution

  • Period: to

    Modern English

  • The Oxford English Dictionary is published

    Words used- Extremely, Optional

  • Text messaging is introduced

  • The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is published