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History of English
Created by
aisling
⟶ Updated 24 Aug 2018 ⟶
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Events
Printing press
Norman conquest
Beowulf
Germanic group of speakers left the Indo-European homeland
Danelaw established
Black Death
Canterbury Tales
All in England can understand English language
English replaces Latin as main language in schools
Anglo-saxons conquered England
Bible in English
Periods
Old English
Middle English
Early Moden English
Earliest evidence of Germanic in the form of inscriptions
English in Britain
King Alfred the Great
Sir William Jones
Earliest evidence of English
Scandinavian raids
Scandinavian raids
Geoffery Chaucer
William Caxton
Henry II reign
Henry IV reign
Great Vowel Shift