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The roman Empire invaded and took over Britain in 43 AD. Prior to occupation, Britain had no written language and the language itself was simple and shallow. With the introduction of Latin, in which the Romans forced upon the Britains, many words were added to the english language, with many still apart of our language now. Such as, Victory and wine.

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The Germanic Tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) begin arriving in Britain.

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The Germanic Tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) begin arriving in Britain.

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The Germanic tribes arrived in Britain in 449 AD. The germanic tribes have influenced the Englsih language heavily with over a quarter of our current language coming from the 3 tribes. The conquering of parts of Britain led to the lexical borrowing and grammatical simplification.

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Caedmon's Hymn' is composed in Old English.

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Caedmon's Hymn' is composed in Old English.

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Caedmon's Hymn' was composed in Old English 658. Caedmon is believed to be the first poet to write and compose in english, which brought the form of writing into the language which has allowed us to have famous poets and playwrights such as William Shakespeare and banjo Patterson enter our history books.

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The Viking raids began in 793. Like many of the events, the Raids resulted in many words being borrowed and now used in the modern english language.

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The Normans conquer Britain under William the Conqueror.

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The Normans conquer Britain under William the Conqueror.

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William the Conqueror seized Britain in 1066 C.E. Being French, William the conquerer demanded that French be spoken by the more noble of Britons, which led to French being heavily borrowed in our contemporary language

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John Wycliffe publishes his English Translation of the Bible.

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John Wycliffe publishes his English Translation of the Bible.

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The first english bible was published in 1382. This meant the religious words and values were able to be shared and learnt by the people of Britain. This helped shape the english language that we know today.

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Chaucer begins writing 'The Canterbury Tales.'

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Chaucer begins writing 'The Canterbury Tales.'

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The canterbury Tales are written in 1387. Chaucer himself is sometimes credited as one of the creators of modern english as his canterbury tales, popularised the "commoner's english" which at the time, no other text used anything other than the formal or posh type of writing.

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The vowel shift started in 1400. The Vowel shift is the predominant reason as to why our spellings of words can seem so off as to how we would pronounce words. This means most if the words we speak today, have been affected by the vowel shift.

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William Caxton establishes the first English printing press.

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William Caxton establishes the first English printing press.

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The printing press is invented for the english in 1476. This allowed Articles and stories to be produced quicker and more efficiently so that more people could read and enjoy them closer to the time it actually happened.

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Shakespeare writes his first play in 1589. King Henry VI was the first play of, who many and most believe to be the greatest playwright of all time, William Shakespeare. This play gained him popularity and prestige and allowed him to write many more, that in the future would be studied and recreated many times.

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Jamestown, Britain's first settlement in North America, is established.

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Jamestown, Britain's first settlement in North America, is established.

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England's first settlement was established in May 13 1607. This of course started the english Language's split into different dialects and accents, which would eventually create the multiple phonetic alphabets and different pronunciations of words.

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The vowel shift ended in the 1700.

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Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary.

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Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary.

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Samuel Johnson publishes his dictionary on 15 April 1755. The Dictionary gave an out right correct way to pronounce define and categorise words in the english language for the first time

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First Publication of the "Times" Newspaper in London

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First Publication of the "Times" Newspaper in London

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The times newspaper was first published on 1 January 1788. The newspaper is now one of the most well known and read newspaper which has been a source of information since its first publication.

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Britain establishes a colony in Sydney, Australia.

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Britain establishes a colony in Sydney, Australia.

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The british land in sydney in 1788. Much like the Americans, Australia has become a land that has added and taken from the english language to make it more complex and added a new way to pronounce and say words we use daily.

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The first tweet was made on March 21 2006. This tweet paved the way for a future of technology and social media that enabled people to interact with others all around the world with the ease of a touch, and allowed for languages to overlap and for words to become universal thanks to one person saying it. This has allowed words such as "slay" to become a arod used not only by English speakers but by everyone.