The present perfect is often used also for completed events where English would use the simple past.

In the 1770s the English used some of the most evil pirates to help their government.

The first known use of the word piccolo was in 1856, though the English were using the term already some fifteen years earlier.

English used for communication outside commercial, scientific or other specialist contexts.

The English used the incident as an excuse to start the war.

The English first used the furlong in the 9th century or before.

Essere is used for almost all cases in which English uses "to be".

Spanish and English will use the present tense in this type of clause.

And I will learn English using your method, if that is possible.

English and French also use grand duke in this way.