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History of English
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- 1449Invasion by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought Germanic language to Britain
- 2597St Augustine's mission arrives in Kent bringing Christianity and Latin to Britain
- 3680Estimated date for the composition of Beowulf, earliest piece of Old English literatue
- 4787Viking raids begin - the Nordic languages arrive
- 5886Danelaw boundaries created - this generated accent differences
- 61066Norman Conquest - influence of French in government and the law, for example
- 71250-1300Edward I's campaigns against the Scots and the Welsh leads to English spreading across the British Isles
- 81362English first used at the State Opening of Parliament, this establishes English as the official language of the British Isles
- 91375-1400Chaucer's major works written - important because they are the first literary representations of English dialectal varieties
- 101384Wyclif's translation of The Bible - the first time The Bible had been written in English
- 111300-1600The Great Vowel Shift
- 121476Introduction of printing - William Caxton establishes his printing press in Westminster
- 131712Jonathan Swift proposes an English academy to regulate and promote the 'proper' use of the English Language
- 141755Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language - according to Johnson's contemporaries his publication 'conferred stability' in the use of English words
- 151762Publication of Robert Lowth's 'Short Introduction to English Grammar' - important because it prescribed the use of 'correct' grammar
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- The dates and information of important events for the development of English through Old English to Middle English to Modern English.
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