Chronology of Events in the History of English 400-600 A.D. THE PRE-ENGLISH PERIOD ca. 410 A.D. First Germanic tribes arrive in England from the lowlands on the other side of the North Sea. 410-600 Settlement of most of Britain by Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, some Frisians) speaking West Germanic dialects descended from Proto-Germanic. These dialects are distantly related to Latin, but also have a sprinkling of Latin borrowings due to earlier cultural contact with the Romans on the continent. Celtic peoples, most of whom are Christianized, are pushed increasingly (despite occasional violent uprisings) into the marginal areas of Britain: Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Anglo-Saxons, originally sea-farers, settle down as farmers, exploiting rich English farmland. By 600 A.D., the Germanic speech of England comprises dialects of a language distinct from the continental Germanic languages.
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