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 50 year overview for 800 to 809
 800Dec 25 Charlemagne becomes Emperor
 
 801   Barcelona captured for Charlemagne
 
 
Episode: Viking Invasions
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 802 Vikings raid Iona
 
 804May Death of Alcuin of York
 
 807 Vikings raid island of Inishmurray
 
 814Jan 28 Charlemagne dies
 
 826   Christianity introduced into Scandinavia
 
 832 The rise of Wessex
 
 835 Vikings invade Sheppey
 
 836 Viking invade Devon
Ireland raided by the Vikings
 
 837 Battle of Hingston Down
 
 839 Ethulwulf becomes king of Wessex
 
 840 Death of Louis the Pious
 
 841 Battle of Fontenay
 
 843 Treaty of Verdun
 
 845 Vikings in Ireland
 
 846 Mael Sechnaill high king of Ireland
 
 849 Alfred 'the Great' is born
 
 50 year overview for 850 to 859
 851 Danish invasion defeated
 
 852Winter Vikings spend winter in England
 
 853 Alfred goes to Rome
 
 854 Danes attack Paris
 
 855 Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome
 
 858 Ethelbald becomes King of Wessex
 
 860 Ethelbert becomes King of Wessex
 
 865 The 'Great Army' invade
Ethelred becomes King of Wessex
 
 866 Witenagemot held at Woodstock
The 'Great Army' arrive in East Anglia
Vikings driven out of Ireland
Winter Northumbria is invaded by the Danes
 
 867 Danes are attacked and move south
Danes impose a king on Northumbria
The Danes invade Northumbria and York
 
 868 Alfred marries Ealhswith
Autumn A peaceful settlement is reached
 
 869 Danes attack East Anglia
 
 870 Crowland Abbey destroyed
Dec The Danes attack Wessex
 
 871 Alfred rebuilds his defences
Qtr 1 Battle of Ashdown
Apr Alfred 'The Great' becomes king of Wessex
Qtr 2 More Danes arrive in Britain
 
 872 Ivar the Boneless dies
Summer Revolt in Northumbria
 
 875 Danes move against the north.
Alfred builds a small navy
 
 876 Danes defeated in the south
Jorvik founded by the Vikings
 
 878Jan The Danes take the advantage
Spring Alfred burns the cakes
Apr Battle of Edington
 
 879 Start of reorganisation
New Viking Invasion
 
 882 Alfred attacks Viking ships
 
 885 Vikings besiege Rochester
 
 886 Alfred captures London
 
 890 Guthrum dies
 
 893 Danish Invasion
 
 894 Battle at Farnham
 
 895 Danes march west
 
 
The reign of EDWARD (the Elder, King of West Saxons, 899-924)
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 899Oct 26 Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King
 
 50 year overview for 900 to 909
 900 Constantine becomes ruler of Scotland
 
 902 Norwegians expelled from Dublin
 
 905 Athelwold killed
 
 906 Peace with Northumbria
 
 907 Romsey Abbey founded
 
 910 Abbey of Cluny founded
Aug Battle of Tettenhall
 
 911   Rollo founds the Norman Dynasty
 
 914 Vikings return to Ireland
 
 917 Battle of Tempsford
 
 920 Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 
The reign of ATHELSTAN (King of the English 924-939)
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 924Jul 17 Edward the Elder dies
 
 925Sep Athelstan becomes King of Wessex and Mercia
 
 926 Sihtric marries Aethelstan's sister
 
 927 Athelstan becomes overlord King
Athelstan defeats the Vikings
 
 930 St. Albans attacked by the Danes
 
 933 Edwin is drowned
 
 934 Athelstan invades Scotland
Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 937 Danish invasion
 
 
The reign of EDMUND (I, King of the English 939-946)
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 939Oct Edmund succeeds his brother Athelstan
 
 942   Death of Fulk the Red
 
 943 Malcolm I becomes ruler of Scotland
Dunstan and Glastonbury
 
 944 Edmund captures York
 
 
The reign of EADRED (King of the English 946-955)
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 946May Eadred becomes King of Wessex
 
 948 Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon.
 
 50 year overview for 950 to 959
 954 York falls to Eadred
 
 955 Eadred dies
Eadwig becomes King of Wessex
 
 956 Dunstan sent into exile
 
 959 Aefsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Beorhthelm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 
The reign of EDGAR (I, King of the English 959-975)
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Oct 1 Edgar becomes King of England
 
 960 Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Katla Volcano Eruption
 
 962 St. Paul's burns down
 
 964 Benedictines at Winchester
 
 972 Consecration of Peterborough Abbey
Pershore Abbey charter confirmed
 
 973 Edgar's water-pageant
May 11 Coronation of King Edgar
 
 
The reign of EDWARD (The Martyr, King of the English 975-978)
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 975Jul Edward becomes king
 
 979Mar Aethelred becomes king
Mar 18 Murder of Edward the Martyr
 
 980 First Viking attacks
 
 983 Monastery at Worcester
 
 987Jul 3   Hugh Capet becomes King of France
 
 988 Athelgar becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Battle at Wachet
  Swein becomes King of Denmark
 
 990 Sigeric Serio becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 
 991 Vikings attack the wealthy south-east
Battle of Malden
Vikings paid to leave
 
 992   Battle of Conquereuil
 
 994 Swein Fork-Beard invades Britain
Winter Trygvasson converted to Christianity
 
 995 Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 
 996Aug   Capet Dies and Robert II becomes King of France
 
 997   Peasant's Revolt in Normandy
 
 999 Durham Cathedral consecrated
  Sylvester II was elected Pope


 
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