- 1601 - 1603 - Shakespeare's Hamlet and Othello, the Moor of Venice
- 1605 - Guy Fawkes's plot
- King James under reign
- Catholics heavily persecuted
- 1607 - Newsbook created (ancestor of Newspaper)
- 1608 - First English colony in America founded
- 1611 - Authorization of the King James Bible
- 1640 - Ben Johnson claims the 'r' at the end of a word should be used
- 1646 - Growing number of printing presses
- 1649 - Charles 1st execution
- 1662 - Playhouses closed down
- Entertainment sometimes performed illegally
- 1665 - The plague
- Shut down all trade and social life
- 1666 - The Great Fire of London
Monday, 27 February 2017
Language Change Timeline
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