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Piercy, Joseph (2012). The Story of English: How an Obscure Dialect Became the World's Most-Spoken Language. London: Michael O'Mara Books Limited
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44 events from this source recorded
1350
Great Vowel Shift
1362
Statute of Pleading
1476
Caxton introduces the printing press to England
1485
Caxton's "Le Morte d'Arthur"
1539
"The Great Bible" published
1550
Cheke's "Gospel According to St Matthew"
1553
Wilson's 'The arte of rhetorique' published
1560
"The Geneva Bible" published
1561
Team set up to compile alternative to Geneva Bible
1567
Thomas Harman's "Caveat or Warening for Commen Cursetors"
1568
The Bishop's Bible
1600
Queen Elizabeth grants monopoly of trade to India to group of traders
1604
Church conference at Hampton Court
1611
King James Bible
1635
Academie Francaise established
1709
Life of Johnson
1710
Life of Robert Lowth
1712
Swift publishes 'Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'
1747
Johnson's 'Plan for a Dictionary' published
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1758
Life of Webster
1762
Lowth publishes "Short Introduction to English Grammar"
1783
Webster publishes 1st book of "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language".
1785
Webster publishes 3rd book of "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language".
1785
Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'
1795
Lindley Murray's 'English Grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners' published
1813
Renewal of East India Company's Royal Charter
1819
Stamford Raffles founds British colony of Singapore
1828
Webster publishes "An American Dictionary of the English Language".
1835
English Education Act in India
1851
2nd edition of Webster's American Dictionary
1858
British East India Company abolished and its powers handed to British government
1859
Hotten's "Dictionary of Modern Slang"
1879
James Murray starts as editor of OED
1884
First instalment of "A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" (the OED)
1909
Gandhi's "Hind Swaraj"
1917
Jones's 'The English Pronouncing Dictionary' published
1928
Final instalment of OED published
1979
The Plain English Campaign founded
1989
2nd edition of OED
1993
Sunday Times' article "Yer Wot?"
1995
Shephard's call for eradication of Estuary English
2000
"Speak Good English Movement" started
2008
Singapore's Minister for Education's Straits Times open letter