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6000 BCE
History of English
All starts here this is how far History and Archaeology have gotten -
Period: 6000 BCE to 450
Despite the invasions
The inhabitants continue speaking Celtic and the language starts evolving with the mix of cultures and languages
there was a mix called Proto Indo European of languages -
55 BCE
Roman Invasion
Britain is invaded by Julius Caesar -
410
Rome leaves Britain
the romans leave and come others to Britan, in the meanwhile the locals spoke Celtic -
450
Anglo, Saxons and Jutes
These three groups arrive in Britain and contribute with the vocabulary. in a mayor part the Anglo and Saxons because they had words more often used -
Period: 450 to 480
Old English
we have the Earliest inscriptions of Old English and begining of Anglo - Saxon language -
597
Christianity
They come to England also contributing with Latin words -
731
Venerable Bede write
"The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin) -
800
Beowulf
Old English epic poem was writen -
800
Vikings
around the year 800 the Vikings invade Britain and created a disaster, but also contibuted with more than 200o words to the language -
1066
Norman conquest
Under William the Conqueror -
Period: 1125 to 1400
French usage
French was used for all official events. The Domesday Book, Ormulum are examples. Also the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge were Established -
Period: 1150 to 1400
Middle English Period
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Period: 1337 to 1453
100 year war
there was a period of war called the 100 year war but it lasted 116 years actually -
Period: 1476 to
Early Modern English
Dictionaries, Shakespeare, Declaration of Independence, Britain abandons the Colonies. Many Changes in the world -
Period: 1564 to
Shakespeare
Time of Illustration for English, new words, expressions and knowledge -
Period: to
English in the world
During this time Britain expands their language to the world, as the language of the bible, science and Shakespeare -
Pilgrims
when the pilgrims arrived they borrowed new words from the natives in order to name all the new things they were discovering -
1611
King James Bible, light reading that became popular and had people using new phrases -
Royal society
This was a period of science, new vocabulary and new concepts -
Webster
The dictionary of webster was published as an american Dictionary -
Oxford
This Dictionary was created to enclose all the new words, many years passed to be published but has been evolving ever since -
Nowadays
The language is changing every day we have music, slang, words borrowed from other languages, contractions and mini words created by young people. Technology, science and more.
