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This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England .
15 de nov. de 2023 · Anglo-Saxon language covers most of modern-day England. c.660. “Cædmon’s Hymn” composed in Old English. 731. The Venerable Bede writes “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (in Latin) 792. Viking raids of Britain begin. c.800. Old English epic poem “Beowulf” composed.
19 de jul. de 2020 · Updated on July 19, 2020. The story of English—from its start in a jumble of West Germanic dialects to its role today as a global language —is both fascinating and complex. This timeline offers a glimpse at some of the key events that helped to shape the English language over the past 1,500 years.
- Richard Nordquist
English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants from what is now northwest Germany, southern Denmark and the Netherlands. The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles from the mid-5th century and came to dominate the bulk of southern ...
Há 2 dias · English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.
The History of English. How English developed from a West German language that was brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants to the most widely spoken language in the world today.
15 de nov. de 2023 · Simplified timeline of developments in the English language. Before English (Prehistory – c. 500AD) (including Indo-European, Spread of Indo-European Languages, Germanic, The Celts, The Romans)
