Dates Flashcards
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Roman invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar
55 BC
Roman invasion and occupation. Beginning of Roman rule of Britain
AD 43
Roman withdrawal from Britain complete
436
Settlement of Britain by Germanic invaders begins
449
Earliest known Old English inscriptions
450-480
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invades and conquers England
1066
Earliest surviving manuscripts in Middle English
c1150
English replaces Latin as the language of instruction in most schools
1348
English replaces French as the language of law.
English is used in Parliament for the first time
1362
Chaucer starts writing The Canterbury Tales
c1388
The Great Vowel Shift begins
c1400
William Caxton establishes the first English printing press
1476
Shakespeare is born
1564
Table Alphabeticall, the first English dictionary, is published by Robert Cowdrey
1604
The first permanent English settlement in the New World (Jamestown) is established
1607
Shakespeare dies
1616
Shakespeare’s First Folio is published
1623
The first daily English-language newspaper, The Daily Courant, is published in London
1702
Samuel Johnson publishes his English dictionary
1755
Thomas Jefferson writes the American Declaration of Independence
1776
Britain abandons its colonies in what is later to become the USA
1782
Webster publishes his American English dictionary
1828
The British Broadcasting Corporation is founded
1922
he Oxford English Dictionanyis published by Sir James Murray
1928
