The history of the English language

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  • 600 BCE

    The Celts.

    Long ago, Celtic tribes, called Britons, lived on this fertile island. Unfortunately, the Celts (pronounced /kelts/) lived in many tribes without one united army.
  • Period: 600 BCE to

    The history of the English langugh

  • 55 BCE

    The Romans.

    Roman soldiers successfully invaded the island in the year 43A.D. Romans spoke Latin. Actually, they forced the Britons to do most of the construction work.
  • 450

    The Anglo-saxons.

    From the tribal name Angle (the Angles) came the words England and English. Love, heaven, fight, good, evil.
  • 800

    The vikings.

    The island suffered yet another invasion, bringing changes to the English language. Including freckle, leg, skull, skirt, skin, sky, egg, score, scream.
  • 1066

    The normans.

    Still another invasion occurred in 1066. William the Conqueror was a French nobleman from Normandy, France. Nobility, felony, attorney, government.
  • 1400

    Middle English.

    The Canterbury Tales.
  • 1476

    The printing press.

    Early Modern English began soon after Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in Germany in 1436. Including swagger, gloomy, zany, and bedroom.
  • 1564

    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

    He will die in 1616. There are many important authors in Modern English.