History of the English Language
Category: Иное
Обновлено: 6 окт 2018
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Romans withdraw
from BritainAnglo-Saxon
settlements
in BritainFirst OE inscriptions"Caedmon's Hymn"
written in OEViking raids begin
in BritainOldest surviving
manuscript of
"Beowulf"Normon Conquest
beginsLondon established
as capitalOldest surviving
manuscripts in
MEOxford
University
establishedBlack Death
strikes EuropeEnglish becomes
state language
of BritainEnglish replaces
Latin in schoolsChaucer,
"Canterbury Tales"First English
printing pressEnglish
Renaissance
beginsShakespeare
writes first
playsKing James
Bible publishedShakespeare
diesFirst Folio
published
posthumouslyJamestown
established
in New WorldAmerica gains
independanceBBC
is foundedWorld War IIWorld War IEmail inventedTelephone
inventedPrinting
press inventedText messaging
inventedGeneral Post
Office createdUnited States
Post Office
createdПериоды
Old English (OE)Middle English (ME)Early Modern English (EME)Modern English (ME)Great Vowel Shift (GVS)
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