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The Statute of Pleadings makes English the official language of Parliament
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James Murray starts work on the Oxford English Dictionary
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The King James Bible is published
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Caxton introduces the printing press to England
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Noah Webster publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language
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First edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is completed
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Normans under William defeat Harold at Hastings
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