History of English

Frage	Antworten
449	Invasion by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought Germanic language to Britain
597	St Augustine's mission arrives in Kent bringing Christianity and Latin to Britain
680	Estimated date for the composition of Beowulf, earliest piece of Old English literatue
787	Viking raids begin - the Nordic languages arrive
886	Danelaw boundaries created - this generated accent differences
1066	Norman Conquest - influence of French in government and the law, for example
1250-1300	Edward I's campaigns against the Scots and the Welsh leads to English spreading across the British Isles
1362	English first used at the State Opening of Parliament, this establishes English as the official language of the British Isles
1375-1400	Chaucer's major works written - important because they are the first literary representations of English dialectal varieties
1384	Wyclif's translation of The Bible - the first time The Bible had been written in English
1300-1600	The Great Vowel Shift
1476	Introduction of printing - William Caxton establishes his printing press in Westminster
1712	Jonathan Swift proposes an English academy to regulate and promote the 'proper' use of the English Language
1755	Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language - according to Johnson's contemporaries his publication 'conferred stability' in the use of English words
1762	Publication of Robert Lowth's 'Short Introduction to English Grammar' - important because it prescribed the use of 'correct' grammar

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