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Relacionar Columnas English language timelineVersión en línea Match the events to the times - if you are not sure, guess! por Ruth North 1 1828 2 1476 3 1611 4 In the 1100s 5 By 400 BC 6 1500 onwards 7 1977 8 From 793 AD 9 1755 10 From the 19th century to the 1930s 11 From 55 BC 12 From the 1600s until the late 1800s 13 1980s onwards 14 1066 15 The 20th Century 16 By 1000 AD 17 From 449 AD 18 From the 1800s 19 1380s 20 1948 The Voyager spacecraft takes a message in English out beyond our solar system. Crusaders returning from what is now the Middle East bring back Arabic words amid the spoils of war. Words such as damask, assassin, divan and kiosk enter English. Invasions of peoples from Northern Europe begin: Jutes, Angles and Saxons, speaking Germanic languages known as Anglo-Saxon. Celtic words are gradually replaced. The interest in the learning of ancient Rome and Greece during the Renaissance leads to words of Latin and Greek origin entering English. Dr Samuel Johnson writes and publishes his dictionary, which standardises English spelling. Viking raids begin in earnest with the sacking of monasteries in Northumberland. Over the next 250 years Old Norse elements of language become blended with Anglo-Saxon. Celtic languages are spoken all over the islands of Britain and Ireland English continues to spread as a global language thanks to the internet and cyberspace. It becomes more common as a second language in India and parts of Africa. The Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury carrying 492 passengers from Jamaica wishing to start a new life in the United Kingdom. The Industrial Revolution brings new technical and social words to English. More widespread education means that writers of popular fiction like Charles Dickens have a readership. After the Americas are discovered, the British Empire begins to expand throughout the world. Through commerce, war, invasion and the slave trade, words from Native American, Australian, Maori, Chinese and African languages enter English. The King James Bible is published in English. Old English has developed from Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse. Literature in this language flourishes. The Romans land in Britain and soon colonise the islands. The ruling classes of Britain adopt Latin as an additional language. Some Latin place names are adopted. The Bible is translated into English by John Wyclif. He uses the dialect used in London, helping this to become accepted as the standard. Jewish, Polish and other Eastern European peoples flee persecution in Russia and Germany. Many come to England but even more cross the Atlantic to America. The Normans invade England under William the Conqueror. Norman French is established as the language of the ruling classes and Anglo-Saxon is relegated to the lower classes. Noah Webster’s American English dictionary is published, showing that two dialects are emerging: American English and British English. The technological revolution brings thousands of new words such as telephone, microchip, computer and aerospace into the language. Telecommunications, the entertainment industry and war bring American English to the world: English becomes a global language. William Caxton introduces the printing press.

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English language timelineVersión en línea

Match the events to the times - if you are not sure, guess!

1828

1476

1611

In the 1100s

By 400 BC

1500 onwards

1977

From 793 AD

1755

From the 19th century to the 1930s

From 55 BC

From the 1600s until the late 1800s

1980s onwards

1066

The 20th Century

By 1000 AD

From 449 AD

From the 1800s

1380s

1948

The Voyager spacecraft takes a message in English out beyond our solar system.

Crusaders returning from what is now the Middle East bring back Arabic words amid the spoils of war. Words such as damask, assassin, divan and kiosk enter English.

Invasions of peoples from Northern Europe begin: Jutes, Angles and Saxons, speaking Germanic languages known as Anglo-Saxon. Celtic words are gradually replaced.

The interest in the learning of ancient Rome and Greece during the Renaissance leads to words of Latin and Greek origin entering English.

Dr Samuel Johnson writes and publishes his dictionary, which standardises English spelling.

Viking raids begin in earnest with the sacking of monasteries in Northumberland. Over the next 250 years Old Norse elements of language become blended with Anglo-Saxon.

Celtic languages are spoken all over the islands of Britain and Ireland

English continues to spread as a global language thanks to the internet and cyberspace. It becomes more common as a second language in India and parts of Africa.

The Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury carrying 492 passengers from Jamaica wishing to start a new life in the United Kingdom.

The Industrial Revolution brings new technical and social words to English. More widespread education means that writers of popular fiction like Charles Dickens have a readership.

After the Americas are discovered, the British Empire begins to expand throughout the world. Through commerce, war, invasion and the slave trade, words from Native American, Australian, Maori, Chinese and African languages enter English.

The King James Bible is published in English.

Old English has developed from Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse. Literature in this language flourishes.

The Romans land in Britain and soon colonise the islands. The ruling classes of Britain adopt Latin as an additional language. Some Latin place names are adopted.

The Bible is translated into English by John Wyclif. He uses the dialect used in London, helping this to become accepted as the standard.

Jewish, Polish and other Eastern European peoples flee persecution in Russia and Germany. Many come to England but even more cross the Atlantic to America.

The Normans invade England under William the Conqueror. Norman French is established as the language of the ruling classes and Anglo-Saxon is relegated to the lower classes.

Noah Webster’s American English dictionary is published, showing that two dialects are emerging: American English and British English.

The technological revolution brings thousands of new words such as telephone, microchip, computer and aerospace into the language. Telecommunications, the entertainment industry and war bring American English to the world: English becomes a global language.

William Caxton introduces the printing press.

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1828

1476

1611

In the 1100s

By 400 BC

1500 onwards

1977

From 793 AD

1755

From the 19th century to the 1930s

From 55 BC

From the 1600s until the late 1800s

1980s onwards

1066

The 20th Century

By 1000 AD

From 449 AD

From the 1800s

1380s

1948