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Details for:
Fennell, B. A. (2005). A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
events
Events:
33 events from this source recorded
1362
Statute of Pleading
1362
Parliament opened by speech in English for first time.
1366
Statutes of Kilkenny
1476
Caxton introduces the printing press to England
1536
Act of Union with Wales
1543
2nd Act of Union with Wales
1563
Act of parliament for the translation of the bible and common prayer book into Welsh.
1570
John Hart's 'A Method' published
1584
First British settlement in North America at Roanoke
1604
Robert Cawdrey publishes 'A table Alphabeticall'
1607
Establishment of first permanent British colony in North America at Jamestown, Virginia.
1616
Bullokar publishes 'English Expositor'
1707
Act of Union between England and Scotland
1713
Wooton relates Icelandic, the Romance languages and Greek
1721
Bailey's 'Universal Etymological English Dictionary' published
1747
Johnson's 'Plan for a Dictionary' published
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1768
Franklin devises his 'A Scheme for a New Alphabet'
1770
Cook lands at Botany Bay, Australia
1786
Jones' Third Anniversary Discourse to the Bengal Asiatic Society
1786
First penal colony in Australia started in Botany Bay,
1789
Webster's 'Dissertations' published
1816
Bopp cofirms relationship between Sanskrit and other IE languages
1822
Grimm's Law postulated
1828
Webster publishes "An American Dictionary of the English Language".
1840
New Zealand made a colony of Britain
1870
Education Act passed
1875
Verner's Law postulated
1881
Education Act promotes English as medium of education throughout UK
1919
Mencken publishes 'The American Language'
1922
The BBC formed
1984
Rosewarne coins term 'Estuary English'
1993
Baugh & Cable's 'A History of the English Language' 4th edition