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410
Pre English
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410
First Germanic Tribes go to England
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May 20, 600
Old English
Three Germanic tribes invaded Britain. The three tribes spoke similar languages and while in Britain they were formed into Old English. -
Sep 16, 1000
Old English Danes and English mix
Dans language and English peacefully mix and become indistinguishable. English gains pronouns like they and their. -
Feb 28, 1110
Middle English
William the Conqueror invaded and conquered England. When they did this they added some French words into our language. This was the language of the poet Chaucer. -
May 20, 1150
About the day of the earliest survivng text thats in Middle English
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Oct 3, 1300
English becomes dominant in all classes.
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Mar 30, 1500
Modern English
During this time there was a change in pronunciation and vowels were becoming shorter due to people having contact with other people around the world. Modern English is the language Shakespeare wrote in. -
Apr 26, 1564
Shakespeares Birth.
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Shakespeare started to write his plays in about the 1588's or around that time
1588 is about the time Shakespeare wrote Henry VI -
A Midsummer Nights Dream first printed
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Romeo and Juliet first printed
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Hamlet first printed
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Othello first printed
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First English dictionary appeared.
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Shakespeares Death
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First grammar of Old English Published By Elisabeth Elstob
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Late Modern English
The main diffrece between Modern English and Late Modern English is that there are more words in Late Modern English.
Late Modern English is what we use today. -
3100 B.C. was the earliest time when english was being used. It was being used by the Summerians.
