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400
Old English
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Period: 400 to 1100
Old English
Grubbling
Snollygoster
Zwodder -
500
Arrival of Germanic Tribes
They came from three tribes. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. -
700
Suspected date of Beowulf's writing
The Author is unknown. It is written with alliterative verse style. -
787
Viking Invasion
They attacked because they had traded goods with the Anglo-Saxons. -
980
The Danes Raided England
They attacked the English Coast each year from 980 until the conquest of 1016. -
1066
The Norman Invasion
The invasion created one of the most powerful monarchies in Europe. -
1100
Middle English
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Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
Coy
Everich
Anon -
1167
University of Oxford was Founded
It was a Collegiate Research University founded by Alfred the Great. -
1180
The "Ormulum" was Written
The "Ormulum" was written with how words were pronounced instead of how they were normally spelt. -
1392
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
It was a collection of 24 stories by Geoffrey Chauncer. -
1440
The invention of the Printing Press
The invention of the printing press made books and writing more accessible to people to be able to read. -
1450
The Great Vowel Shift
The vowels in the English language were changed and started to be pronounced shorter. -
1497
The discovery of North America
North America was discovered by Christopher Columbus and introduces people to a new language as well. -
1500
Modern English
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Period: 1500 to
Modern English
stabilize
technology
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The English Colonization of North America
The colonization of America started with the Spanish and then more countries started to as well. -
Publication of Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's first folio included three plays. -
First English Dictionary Published
The first English Dictionary that was published had about 3000 words and was written by Robert Cawdrey. -
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution brought about new machines and the need for new words to describe these machines. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution separated the United states from the British which gave them less influence on the United States language.