Timeline of the English Language

By ELindl00
  • 450

    Anglo_Saxon's

    Around the year 450 BC the Angelo-Saxon's introduced their spoken language frequently called Angelo-Saxon or Old English. They taught us words like cow, house, bread and sword.
  • Feb 15, 800

    Vikings

    Around about the year 800 BC the vicious vikings form Denmark and Norway, began to invade Britain. These people left us with words like husband, you, law and anger and places like; Tenby and Grimsby. ('BY' meaning village)
  • Feb 15, 1066

    Normans

    Normans
    In the year of 1066 the Normans came all the way from Normandy,England to invade France. They originally spoke an earlier version of French, that went on to become the high status language in England not long after.
  • Feb 15, 1080

    Middle English

    Middle English
    After no more invasions in England, English language became more popular than the French language. The English that was spoken around these times was (and is still called) Middle English.
  • Feb 15, 1476

    The Printing Press

    The Printing Press
    Since the 9th century books have had to be hand written in English. Well not until Mr. Thomas Caxton invented the remarkable printing press in 1476. It was a big hit back then.
  • Feb 16, 1500

    Invading Words

    Invading Words
    When England had finally stopped being attacked people thought that the invading words would stop coming. Wrong! In the 16th century words from Greek and France. This was because a lot of people became interested in studying books that were written in Spanish, Greek, French and Latin. Some words were Beef, Mutton and Pork. What a coincidence that they were all foods!
  • Feb 15, 1525

    The English Bible

    The English Bible
    Back in 1525 Mr. William Tyndale translated the New Testament Bible to English. This meant that people who couldn't speak or understand a foreign language other than English could finally read it by themselves. The churches were furious so they said that they wanted it to stay traditional and that mass should still be said the way it was before. This lead people to having to secretly print them elsewhere and then smuggle them into England.