#777. 英語史略年表

2011-06-13

　英語史年表は，どの概説書にも記載があるしオンラインでも見つけられる（例えば英語の歴史年表―前史・古英語期）が，本ブログとしての版も作成してゆこうと考えている．たたき台として，Crystal (298--300) の略年表を再現したものを掲げておく．その他，直接間接に英語史に関連する年表は timeline を参照．

449     Invasion by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

450--480     Earliest runic inscriptions in Old English

597     Augustine brings Christianity to Kent

680     Approximate earliest date for the composition of Beowulf

700     Approximate dating of earliest Old English manuscripts

735     Death of the Venerable Bede

787     Viking raids begin

871     Alfred becomes King of Wessex

886     Danelaw boundaries settled

950--1000     Approximate dates of the main Old English poetry collections

1016--1042     Cnut and his sons reign

1066     Norman Conquest

1150--1200     Earliest texts in Middle English

1171     Henry II's invasion of Ireland

1204     France reconquers Normandy

1250--1300     Edward I's campaigns against the Welsh and Scots

1362     English first used at the opening of Parliament

1375--1400     Chaucer's main works written

1384     Wyclif's translation of the Bible

1400--1450     The Great Vowel Shift

1400--1600     Main period of older Scots literature

1476     Introduction of printing

1475--1650     Renaissance loan words into English

1549     Book of Common Prayer written

1560--1620     English plantation settlements in Ireland

1584     Roanoke settlement in America

1590--1616     Shakespeare's main works written

1600     East India Company established trading posts in India

1603     Act of Union of the crowns of England and Scotland

1604     Publication of Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall

1607     First permanent English settlement in America

1609     First English settlement in the Caribbean

1611     Authorized Version of the Bible

1619     Arrival of first African slaves in North America

1620     Arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in America

1623     First Folio of Shakespeare's plays published

1627     British established in Barbados

1655     British acquire Jamaica from Spain

1707     Union of the Parliaments of England and Scotland

1712     Jonathan Swift's proposal for an English Academy

1713     British control in eastern Canada recognized

1721     Publication of Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary

1755     Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language

1762     Publication of Robert Lowth's Short Introduction to English Grammar

1765--1947     British Raj in India

1776     American independence declared

1780--1800     First wave of emigration to Canada from the USA

1783     Loss of American colonies of Britain

1788     Establishment of first penal colony in Australia

1791     Establishment of Upper and Lower Canada

1794     Publication of Lindley Murray's English Grammar

1800--1910     Main period of European emigration to the USA

1802     Ceylon and Trinidad ceded to Britain

1803     Act of Union between Britain and Ireland

1806     British control established in South Africa

1808     Sierra Leone made colony

1814     Tobago, Mauritius, St Lucia and Malta ceded to Britain

1816     Colony of Bathurst (Gambia) established

1819     British established Singapore

1828     Publication of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language

1840     Official colony established in New Zealand

1842     Hong Kong ceded to Britain

1861     Lagos (Nigeria) established as colony

1865--1900     Movement of blacks to northern parts of the USA after the American Civil War

1867     Independence of Canada

1874     Gold Coast (Ghana) established as colony

1884--1928     Publication of the Oxford English Dictionary

1888--1894     British protectorates established in Kenya, Zanzibar, Uganda

1901     Independence of Australia

1907     Independence of New Zealand

1910     Union of South Africa established

1919     Tanganyika ceded to Britain

1922     Partition of Northern Ireland and Eire

1922     Establishment of the BBC

1925     Afrikaans given official status in South Africa

1931     British Commonwealth recognized

1947     Independence of India

1948     Independence of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

1957     Independence of Ghana

1957--63     Independence of Malaysia

1960     Independence of Nigeria

1940--1975     Main period of immigration to Britain from Europe, Caribbean and Asia

1961     Independence of Sierra Leone and Cyprus

1962     Independence of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda

1963     Independence of Kenya

1964     Independence of Tanzania, Malawi, Malta, Zambia

1965     Independence of The Gambia, Singapore

1966     Independence of Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho, Barbados

1968     Independence of Mauritius, Swaziland, Nauru

1970--1984     Independence of possessions in Caribbean and Pacific

1972     Independence of Bangladesh

1972     First network e-mail sent

1975     Independence of Papua New Guinea

1977     Voyager spacecraft leaves with English message

1984     Independence of Brunei

1986     Independence of Marshall Islands

1988     CD-ROM of the Oxford English Dictionary

1990     Independence of Namibia

1991     Independence of the Federated States of Micronesia

1991     Implementation of the World Wide Web

1994     Independence of Palau

2000     Oxford English Dictionary goes online

　・ Crystal, David. The English Language. 2nd ed. London: Penguin, 2002.
　・寺澤芳雄，川崎潔　編　『英語史総合年表?英語史・英語学史・英米文学史・外面史?』　研究社，1993年．

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449		Invasion by Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
450--480		Earliest runic inscriptions in Old English
597		Augustine brings Christianity to Kent
680		Approximate earliest date for the composition of Beowulf
700		Approximate dating of earliest Old English manuscripts
735		Death of the Venerable Bede
787		Viking raids begin
871		Alfred becomes King of Wessex
886		Danelaw boundaries settled
950--1000		Approximate dates of the main Old English poetry collections
1016--1042		Cnut and his sons reign
1066		Norman Conquest
1150--1200		Earliest texts in Middle English
1171		Henry II's invasion of Ireland
1204		France reconquers Normandy
1250--1300		Edward I's campaigns against the Welsh and Scots
1362		English first used at the opening of Parliament
1375--1400		Chaucer's main works written
1384		Wyclif's translation of the Bible
1400--1450		The Great Vowel Shift
1400--1600		Main period of older Scots literature
1476		Introduction of printing
1475--1650		Renaissance loan words into English
1549		Book of Common Prayer written
1560--1620		English plantation settlements in Ireland
1584		Roanoke settlement in America
1590--1616		Shakespeare's main works written
1600		East India Company established trading posts in India
1603		Act of Union of the crowns of England and Scotland
1604		Publication of Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall
1607		First permanent English settlement in America
1609		First English settlement in the Caribbean
1611		Authorized Version of the Bible
1619		Arrival of first African slaves in North America
1620		Arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers in America
1623		First Folio of Shakespeare's plays published
1627		British established in Barbados
1655		British acquire Jamaica from Spain
1707		Union of the Parliaments of England and Scotland
1712		Jonathan Swift's proposal for an English Academy
1713		British control in eastern Canada recognized
1721		Publication of Nathaniel Bailey's Universal Etymological English Dictionary
1755		Publication of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
1762		Publication of Robert Lowth's Short Introduction to English Grammar
1765--1947		British Raj in India
1776		American independence declared
1780--1800		First wave of emigration to Canada from the USA
1783		Loss of American colonies of Britain
1788		Establishment of first penal colony in Australia
1791		Establishment of Upper and Lower Canada
1794		Publication of Lindley Murray's English Grammar
1800--1910		Main period of European emigration to the USA
1802		Ceylon and Trinidad ceded to Britain
1803		Act of Union between Britain and Ireland
1806		British control established in South Africa
1808		Sierra Leone made colony
1814		Tobago, Mauritius, St Lucia and Malta ceded to Britain
1816		Colony of Bathurst (Gambia) established
1819		British established Singapore
1828		Publication of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language
1840		Official colony established in New Zealand
1842		Hong Kong ceded to Britain
1861		Lagos (Nigeria) established as colony
1865--1900		Movement of blacks to northern parts of the USA after the American Civil War
1867		Independence of Canada
1874		Gold Coast (Ghana) established as colony
1884--1928		Publication of the Oxford English Dictionary
1888--1894		British protectorates established in Kenya, Zanzibar, Uganda
1901		Independence of Australia
1907		Independence of New Zealand
1910		Union of South Africa established
1919		Tanganyika ceded to Britain
1922		Partition of Northern Ireland and Eire
1922		Establishment of the BBC
1925		Afrikaans given official status in South Africa
1931		British Commonwealth recognized
1947		Independence of India
1948		Independence of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1957		Independence of Ghana
1957--63		Independence of Malaysia
1960		Independence of Nigeria
1940--1975		Main period of immigration to Britain from Europe, Caribbean and Asia
1961		Independence of Sierra Leone and Cyprus
1962		Independence of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda
1963		Independence of Kenya
1964		Independence of Tanzania, Malawi, Malta, Zambia
1965		Independence of The Gambia, Singapore
1966		Independence of Guyana, Botswana, Lesotho, Barbados
1968		Independence of Mauritius, Swaziland, Nauru
1970--1984		Independence of possessions in Caribbean and Pacific
1972		Independence of Bangladesh
1972		First network e-mail sent
1975		Independence of Papua New Guinea
1977		Voyager spacecraft leaves with English message
1984		Independence of Brunei
1986		Independence of Marshall Islands
1988		CD-ROM of the Oxford English Dictionary
1990		Independence of Namibia
1991		Independence of the Federated States of Micronesia
1991		Implementation of the World Wide Web
1994		Independence of Palau
2000		Oxford English Dictionary goes online

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