The History of The English language

The fifth Volume

2012 BCE

The fifth volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English is published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Publishing by Press

2009 BCE

The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is published by the Oxford University Press.

Technology expanding

2006 BCE

Twitter, a social networking is created for people to get in contact with family, friends through the world, was created by Jack Dorsey

Changes during the Years

2004 BCE

People interact with others their own age, their language grows to include words, phrases, and construction that are different from those of the older generation and the sound of a language changes over time.

World English Grammar

2002 BCE

Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. publish the cambridge grammar of the English Language. The Oxford Guide to World English.

World Languages

2000 BCE

The Oxford English Dictionary Online became available to subscribers.

Establishment of English language

1900 BCE

The establishment of English in Australia, South Africa, India, and Singapore, among other British colonials they developed and then later became native English regional standards, even though there may be other languages in those countries most of the population continues to speak the original language.

The battle of Waterfloo

1810 BCE

The Water of Waterloo signified the end of Napoleon's Conquests and sealed the downfall of his empire and brought the campaigns to an end in 1810

The Revolutionary War

1775 BCE

The American Revolutionary War started by the delegates from the thirteen American colonies of British American in Congress against Great Britain over their taxation policies and lack of colonial representation.

The norman Invasion

1662 BCE

The norman Invasion was the 11th century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of normans, Bretons, Flemish, and other men from French provinces and were led by the Duke of Normandy.

Publication of Shakespeare's first Portfolio

1606 BCE

1623 The first Portfolio of Shakespeare was printed and is the first published collection of shakespeare's plays and hes plays are categorized as comedies, histories, and tragedies for the first time.

The modern English Period

1505 BCE

The Discovery Of North America

1492 BCE

October 12, 1492 when a Italian explorer Christopher columbus officially set foot in the Americans and then claimed the land of Spain.

William Caxton Printing press

1440 BCE

William Caxton brings a printing press to England from Germany and published the first book in England and began the long process of standardization of spelling.

The Canterbury Tales

1303 BCE

The Canterbury Tales was one of the first major works in literature written in English. Chaucer began the tales in 1387 and continued them until he dies in 1400

Educate Children English Language

1300 BCE

Parents started to educate their children to speak English rather than French and it was the first time to be a standard for all England that way people would be more familiar with the language which is English

Late Bronze Collapse

1202 BCE

Late Bronze Collapse in the ancient Near East and eastern mediterranean is often considered to begin in this century

Vikings Left England

1101 BCE

The Vikings left England and the King named Aethelred decide to launch a series of raids on Strathclyde and the Isle of Man.

The Middle English Period

1010 BCE

Danes and English Mix

1000 BCE

English continues to mix peacefully, and ultimately become indistinguishable many Scandinavian enter the English language. English even borrows pronouns like they, them, their.

Education in English Language

900 BCE

Alfred's mission of making improvement in government, education, and other social institutions

King and expanding English Language

800 BCE

Wessex Kings aspire to similar glory want to unite all England to have a single language and if possible the rest mainland of Britain so they could overpower.

Beowulf's Writing

700 BCE

Texts in English grew bigger and many were religious texts. Beowulf is a heroic poem and is considered the highest achievement of Old English and the earliest European vernacular epic.

Anglo- Saxon Period

600 BCE

Texts in English grew bigger and many were religious texts. Beowulf is a heroic poem and is considered the highest achievement of Old English and the earliest European vernacular epic.

The pre English Period

500 BCE

By 500 B.C. the Germanic speech of England comparises dialects of a language distinct from the continental Germanic languages

Cave Writing

400 BCE

Human beings developed language as evidence they made cave paintings from the period of the Cro-Magnon Man which appear to be concepts of their daily life.

Old English Writing

100 BCE