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A brief chronology of English

The history of the English language is marked by several key events and transitions. Initially, local inhabitants spoke Celtish until the Roman invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar in 55 BC, initiating a period of Roman rule that lasted until AD 436.

A brief chronology of English

A brief chronology of English

Early Modern English

1922 The British Broadcasting Corporation is founded
1828 Webster publishes his American English dictionary
1782 Britain abandons its colonies in what is later to become the USA
1776 Thomas Jefferson writes the American Declaration of Independence
1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his English dictionary
1702 The first daily English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London
1623 Shakespeare's First Folio is published
1616 Shakespeare dies
1607 The first permanent English settlement in the New World (Jamestown) is established
1604 Table Alphabeticall, the first English dictionary, is published

Middle English

1564 Shakespeare is born
William Shakespeareп
1476 William Caxton establishes the first English printing press
c1400 The Great Vowel Shift begins
c1388 Chaucer starts writing The Canterbury Tales
1362 English replaces French as the language of law. English is used in Parliament for the first time
1348 English replaces Latin as the language of instruction in most schools
c1150 Earliest surviving manuscripts in Middle English

Late modern English

1928 The Oxford English Dictionary is published

Old English

1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invades and conquers England
450-480 Earliest known Old English inscriptions

Local inhabitants speak Celtish

449 Settlement of Britain by Germanic invaders begins
436 Roman withdrawal from Britain complete
AD 43 Roman invasion and occupation. Beginning of Roman rule of Britain
55 BC Roman invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar