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641
Oswald defeated at the battle of Maserfield
664
The Synod of Whitby
669
Theodore of Tarsus becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
674
Religious learning
768
Oct 9
Charlemagne becomes King
771
Charlemagne become sole ruler of the Franks
773
Charlemagne invades Italy
787
Summer
First recorded Viking raids
793
Jun 7
Lindisfarne raided by Vikings
800
Dec 25
Charlemagne becomes Emperor
801
Barcelona captured for Charlemagne
802
Viking Invasions
Vikings raid Iona
Egbert becomes King of Wessex
804
May
Death of Alcuin of York
807
Vikings raid island of Inishmurray
814
Vikings attacks
Jan 28
Charlemagne dies
816
Louis I crowned at Reims
817
Louis divides his lands
818
Revolt of Bernard, King of Italy
826
Christianity introduced into Scandinavia
829
Louis amends the 817 agreement
830
Louis removed from the throne
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
Rouen attacked by the Vikings
843
Treaty of Verdun
Nantes plundered by the Vikings
Winter
Vikings remain over Winter
844
King of Northumbria killed
845
Vikings in Ireland
Easter
Danes attack Paris
846
Mael Sechnaill high king of Ireland
849
Alfred 'the Great' is born
851
Danish invasion defeated
852
Winter
Vikings spend winter in England
853
Alfred goes to Rome
855
Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome
858
Ethelbald becomes King of Wessex
859
Vikings raid the Mediterranean
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
Siege of Dumbarton Rock
Dec
The Danes attack Wessex
871
Alfred rebuilds his defences
Iceland settled by Norwegians
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
Revolt in Northumbria
874
Vikings colonise Iceland
875
Danes move against the north.
Alfred builds a small navy
876
Danes defeated in the south
Jorvik founded by the Vikings
877
Taxes in France
Death of Constantine I
Oct 6
Death of Charles the Bald
Dec 8
Coronation of Louis II
878
Giric becomes the Scottish monarch
Jan
The Danes take the advantage
Spring
Alfred burns the cakes
Apr
Battle of Edington
879
Start of reorganisation
New Viking Invasion
881
Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu
882
Alfred attacks Viking ships
885
Vikings besiege Rochester
The Siege of Paris
886
Alfred captures London
890
Guthrum dies
891
A bright comet is seen
Several Irish pilgrims land in England
893
Danish Invasion
894
Battle at Farnham
895
Danes march west
899
Oct 26
Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King
900
Constantine becomes ruler of Scotland
Jun 8
Coronation of Edward the Elder
901
Aethelwold ruler of Northumbria
902
Norwegians expelled from Dublin
Aethelwold killed
905
A comet is seen in the skies
906
Peace with Northumbria
907
Romsey Abbey founded
910
Abbey of Cluny founded
Aug
Battle of Tettenhall
911
Rollo founds the Norman Dynasty
Death of Louis the Child
912
Towns fortified at Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth
913
Tamworth fortified against the Danes
914
Vikings return to Ireland
Warwick founded by Athelflaed
917
Battle of Tempsford
920
Katla Volcano Eruption
924
Jul 17
Edward the Elder dies
925
Sep 4
Aethelstan 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
939
Oct
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
946
May
Eadred becomes King of Wessex
948
Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon.
954
York falls to Eadred
955
Eadred dies
Eadwig becomes King of England.
956
Dunstan sent into exile
Jan 26
Coronation of Eadwig
957
Disputed rule
959
Aefsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Beorhthelm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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
975
Jul
Edward becomes king
979
Dunstan survives
Mar
Aethelred becomes king
Mar 18
Murder of Edward the Martyr
980
First Viking attacks
982
Vikings colonise Greenland
London ravaged by fire
983
Monastery at Worcester
987
Jul 3
Hugh Capet becomes King of France
Winter
Severe frosts
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 England with land tax
992
Battle of Conquereuil
Ships gather in London
994
Swein Fork-Beard invades Britain
Winter
Trygvasson converted to Christianity
995
Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Olaf Tryggvason becomes King of Norway
Constantine III becomes King of Scotland
996
Aug
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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