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| Sumerians are the first to use cuneiform writing |
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| date of the first specimens of Egyptian hieroglypics |
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| Linear B script used to write Greek |
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| texts first appear in Chinese |
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| traditional date for the founding of Rome |
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| date of the earliest literary works in Greek: the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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| date of the first inscriptions in Latin |
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| Macedonian empire spreads under Alexander the Great, spreading koine language |
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| Julius Caesar leads the invasion of Britain |
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| trial and excecution of Jesus of Nazareth |
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| date of the earliest runic inscriptions |
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| Constantine makes the city of Constantinople a second capital, equal to Rome |
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| Roman Empire is divided into a Western and Eastern part |
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| Roman troops in Britain are summoned to the mainland |
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| the first Germans (Anglo-Saxons) are said to have come to Britain in three ships, invited by the Britons to help against the Irish |
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| the last Roman emperor deposed |
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| Pope Gregory sends the Roman prelate Augustine as a missionary to Britain |
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| earliest and latest date of the first English text in the Latin alphabet, the law of Ethelbert |
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| the Danish invasion of Britain, spearheaded by the Vikings |
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| Charlemagne forms his empire out of large parts of modern France, Germany and neighboring countries |
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| Strasbourg Oath between Charles the Bald and Louis the German |
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| life of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex |
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| old system of inflection is still in force in English |
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| conquest of Englan by French speaking Normans, led by William the Conqueror |
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| literate leisured nobles begin to expect a vernacular literature |
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| Anglo-Norman children learning French as a foreign language |
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| one finds more or less the same endings as in present day English |
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| Gregory Chaucer writes Canterbury Tales |
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| Henry V shifts from French to English in his own correspondence |
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| Fall of Constantinople to the Turks marks the end of the Eastern Roman Empire |
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| Gutenberg Bible published in Mainz |
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the first printing office for English books is set up in London by
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| France, Spain, and England see the first great masterpieces in their own languages |
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| the first monolingual dictionary of English is published |
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| all discussions are conducted in Latin when peace is negotiated in Olivia between Sweden, Austria and Poland |
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| founding of the Academie francaise |
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| peace treaty in Nijmegen between Spain, France and Sweden is drawn up in Latin, but the discussions and minutes are in French |
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| agreement of Rastadt between Austria and France is documented only in French |
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| Sir William Jones proposes in Calcutta that Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, the Germanic languages, and the Celtic languages had a common origin |
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| Second Vatican council decides to permit the use of other languages than Latin in the liturgy |
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