The History of English

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  • 450

    Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Britian Begins

  • 460

    Earliest Old English Inscriptions

  • 597

    Arrival of St. Augustine

    Arrival of St. Augustine
  • Jan 14, 600

    Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England

  • Jan 14, 792

    Viking Raids of Britain Begin

  • Jan 14, 800

    Suspected date of Beowulf writing

  • Jan 14, 871

    "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" is begun

  • Jan 14, 1154

    "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" discontinued

  • Jan 14, 1167

    Oxford University established

  • Jan 14, 1385

    English replaces Latin as main language in schools

  • Jan 14, 1388

    Chaucer begins "The Canterbury Tales"

  • Jan 14, 1450

    The Great Vowel Shift begins

  • Jan 14, 1500

    Start of English Renaissance

  • Death of William Shakespeare

  • First Folio of Shakespeare's works is published

  • United States ends slavery after Civil War

  • End of World War Two

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall

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