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Shakespeare writes his first play. 9(Shakespeare is believed by most academics to have written his very first play, Henry VI, Part One in this year).

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William Tyndale prints his English translation of the New Testament of “The Bible” published ( The Tyndale Bible generally refers to the body of biblical translations by William Tyndale. His other Old Testament works were first used in the creation of the Matthew Bible and also heavily influenced every major English translation of the Bible that followed).

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Cambridge University established.

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Oxford University established.

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William Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. He is thought to be the first person to introduce a printing press into England

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Noah Webster publishes his “The American Dictionary of the English Language”.

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First edition of the “Oxford English Dictionary” is published.

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English became codified through the increased popularity of dictionary and grammar books.

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Samuel Johnson publishes his “Dictionary of the English Language” on the 15th of April 1755.

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Start of English Renaissance, (The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England).

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The great vowel shift begins.The Great Vowel Shift was a major series of changes in the pronunciation of the English language that took place, beginning in southern England.

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English replaces Latin as main language in schools (except Universities of Oxford and Cambridge).

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London becomes de facto capital of England. London English is gaining more prestige.

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The parent of most languages of Europe, south western Asia and northern India

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10,000 french words were adopted, this is was a result of the battle of Hasting where king William defeated king Herald.

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Viking invaded Britain.The vikings came from countries like Denmark and Norway and spoke a language which later developed into Norwegian and Danish. The language that viking spoken left behind many English words, Old English epic poem “Beowulf” composed

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The first people who spoke the language which over time turned itself into English conquered England in about the year 450. These people were known as Anglo - Saxon and their language is also often called Anglo - Saxon or old englsih.

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There was an invasion of the invasion by the Romans who spoke Latin. They gave Latin names to places and some of these are still used

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The first languages we know in the British isles are the Celtic ones like Welsh and Scots Gaelic.