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1000 BCE
Old English
The oldest surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" dates from this period -
800 BCE
Old English
Old English epic poem "Beowulf" composed -
731 BCE
Before English
The Venerable Bede writes "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People" (In latin) -
660 BCE
Before English
Cædmon's Hymn composed in Old English -
600 BCE
Before English
Anglo Saxon language covers most of modern-day England -
600 BCE
Spanish
Basques (600 BC)
They have their own language
The use of letters X and Z, typical of the Basquet language (-ex, izquierda)
Suffixes (-ueco, -erci, -ueque, -ili, -irri)
Names (Indigo, Garcia, Javier/Xavier) -
550 BCE
Spanish
The Celts were the first people to bring the concept of underwear (bragas) to the peninsula.
Affixes (-sego, -iego) (Segovia, mujeriego)
550 BC -
501 BCE
Spanish
The Spanish language originated in the Southwest region of Europe known as the Iberian Peninsula. Sometime before the end of the 6th century BC, the region's first inhabitants, the Iberians, began to mingle with the Celts, a nomadic people from central Europe. The two groups formed a people called the Celtiberians, speaking a form of Celtic. -
476 BCE
Spanish
Fall of the Roman Empire
Spanish is born as a Romance language from the Latin -
450 BCE
Before English
Anglo-Saxon settlements (Angles, Frisians, Saxons and Jutes) of Britain begins -
450 BCE
Before English
Earliest Old English inscriptions -
19 BCE
Spanish
Under Roman rule, in 19 BC, the region became known as Hispania, and its inhabitants learned Latin from traders, administrators, soldiers and other people coming from Rome. These Romans' Latin got mixed up with the languages that had previously been spoken by the Celtiberians, the Carthaginians, and other inhabitants of the región, a new language, referred to as "Vulgar Latin", made its appearance, borrowing words from the other tongues and adding them to its own lexicon. -
300
Spanish
Hispania
Germanic and Nomadic invaders competing for land
5th century -
416
Spanish
Many Germanic words influenced Spanish as they were assimilated into the Latin used on the continent -
477
Spanish
The Visigoths fought for the power
The Visigoth Kingdom vs The Byzantine Kingdom
They were expelled from Gaul -
711
Spanish
Moors invasion of Spain
Arab words are brought into Spanish language -
800
Spanish
9th century (801-900)
Spanish is known as Castilian, after the dialect from which modern
standard Spanish developed. The dialect arose in Cantabria in the north-central Spain -
871
Old English
Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex, encourages English prose and translation of Latin works -
1150
Middle English
The oldest surviving manuscripts in Middle English dates from this period -
1167
Middle English
Oxford university established -
1200
Spanish
The creation of a standardized Spanish language based on the Castilian dialect began in the 1200s with King Alfonso X, who was called the King of Castile and Leon. He and his court of scholars adopted the city of Toledo, a cultural center in the central highlands, as the base of their activities. There, scholars wrote original works in Castilian and translated histories, chronicles, and scientific, legal, and literary works from other languages (principally Latin, Greek, and Arabic). -
1209
Middle English
Cambridge university established -
Sep 28, 1250
Spanish
King Alfonso X declares Spanish as the official language of Spain -
1362
Middle English
The Statute of Pleading replaces French with English as the language of law (although records continue to be kept in Latin) -
1362
Middle English
English is used in English Parliament for the first time -
1384
Middle English
John Wycliffe publishes his English translation of the Bible -
1399
Middle English
Henry IV becomes the first English speaking monarch since the Conquest -
1400
Spanish
Both the Castilian and Andalusian dialects made the trip. Castilian was used in administrative and cultural centers such as Mexico City, Mexico; Potosí, Bolivia; and Lima, Peru. These cities retained close links to the Spanish capital of Madrid, which was in the Castile región. -
1476
Middle English
William Caxton establishes the first English printing press -
Oct 12, 1491
Spanish
Christopher Columbus discovers America
Spanish language is brought to the new world
Words (Tomate, patata, chocolate, cacahuate, cacao, maiz) -
1500
Middle English
Start of English Renaissance
During the Renaissance, English incorporated many words from Latin via French, from classical Latin (not just church Latin), and Greek. -
Sep 28, 1519
Spanish
Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico
Spanish language is introduced to the Aztecs -
1526
Middle English
William Tyndale prints his English translation of the New Testament of the Bibble -
1539
Middle English
The Great Bible is published -
1560
Spanish
The kingdoms of Castile and Leon merged with that of Aragon
Castilian became the official language of Spain -
Middle English
William Shakespeare writes his first plays -
Middle English
The Authorized or King James version of the Bible is published -
English
Death of William Shakespeare -
English
Robert Boyle publishes his great work "The sceptical chemist" -
Middle English
Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary of the English Language -
English
Jane Austen is born -
Spanish
The language academies were founded (La Real Academia de la Lengua)
Flood of French words (detalles, jalea, chaqueta, galan, modista, chofer) -
English
Charles Dickens is born -
Middle English
Noah Webster publishes his American Dictionary of the English language -
Modern English
First edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is published -
Spanish
The end of the Franco dictatorship in Spain (1980’s) marks an explosion in the usage of acronyms (OTAN—which is NATO in English). Many Spanish speakers are using abbreviations (profe/profesor, boli/bolígrafo, uni/universidad) and borrowing pop culture words from English -
Spanish
Influence of English on Spanish
Words (Ciencia ficcion, gol, escanear,)
Prefixes (-eco, -neo, -bio, -super) -
Spanish
There are nearly 600 million, which makes Spanish the world’s fourth language (after Chinese, English and Hindi) in terms of speakers
Spanish is the official language of some twenty countries around the world and 1 of the three tongues habitually considered as official working languages by a multitude of international organizations. -
English
"There are now estimated to be 1.5 billion English speakers globally: 375 million who speak English as their first language, 375 million as a second language and 750 million who speak English as a foreign language -
Spanish
Cervantes Institute’s annual report, predict that in 2050 there will be around 750 million Spanish speakers, once again counting only the countries where it is an official language. This therefore leaves out the Hispanics in the United States and all those who speak it as a second or third language, who would considerably swell the number if included.
