Timeline |
0796 CE | King Offa of Mercia dies, ending a reign that witnessed the incorporation of Kent, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia into the Mercian kingdoms. | |
0829 CE | By 829, King Egbert of Wessex had conquered the Celtic regions of Cornwall and the English kingdoms of Kent, Sussex, Essex, East Anglia and Mercia, and all the regional Kings of England had sworn alliegence to him as thier overlord and supreme ruler. | |
0848 CE | Alfred the Great (848-899), the fourth son of King Aethelwulf, was born, in Wantage. He became King of the West Saxons (Wessex) in 871 when Aethelwulf's third son, Ethelred died. | |
0853 CE | Alfred goes to Rome. | |
0858 CE | In Britain, King Aethelwulf dies and Ethelbald, his first son becomes King of Wessex. | |
0860 CE | In Britain, Ethelbert the second son of King Aethelwulf becomes King of Wessex. | |
0865 CE | In Britain, Ethelred the third son of King Aethelwulf becomes King of Wessex. | |
Apr 0871 CE | Alfred the Great (848-899) became King of Wessex and the West Saxons [until 899].
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0871 CE | King Ethelred of Wessex dies, probably from wounds recieved in battle. He is survived by a young son, but the poeple of Wessex belived that they needed an adult warrior King and so chose Ethelred's younger brother and second-in-command, Alfred to suceceed. | |
Apr 0878 CE | King Alfred the Great beats the Danish invading army at the Battle of Edington near Chippenham. This decisive victory forced the Danish King Guthrum to agree to a peace in which Alfred and Guthrum divided England between them and Guthrum would become a christian. | |
26 Oct 0899 CE | Alfred the Great dies after forcing the Danes to withdraw from his realm, consolidating English power, compiling laws, and encouraging learning. His son, Edward, succeeds him | |
26 Jan 0900 CE | Edward 'The Elder', the son of Alfred the Great, becomes King of England. | |
Sep 0925 CE | Athelstan, the son of Edward 'The Elder', becomes King of Wessex and Mercia. | |
0927 CE | Athelstan captures York and becomes overlord King of England, and the four anglo-saxon kingdoms were never seperate states again. | |
0933 CE | Edwin is drowned. | |
Oct 0939 CE | Edmund succeeds his brother Athelstan. | |
May 0946 CE | Edmund dies and Edred Atheling, his brother, becomes King of Wessex. | |
0955 CE | Edred dies and Eadwig, son of Edmund, becomes King of Wessex at the age of 16 and his brother Edgar becomes King of Mercia. | |
0955 CE | In England, King Eadwig of Wessex failed to appear at his coronation feast. Dunstan, chronicler of the event, found him cavorting with a young lady and her mother. | |
0957 CE | Edgar becomes King of Mercia and Northumbria. | |
1 Oct 0959 CE | Eadwig dies and his brother Edgar becomes the King of Wessex. Hence, Edgar became King of Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex, the three most powerful kingdoms in England at that time. He could be considered the first ruler of a united England. | |
11 May 0973 CE | The coronation of Edgar, when he was formally crowned the first King of all England. | |
Jul 0975 CE | Edgar dies and Edward 'the Martyr' becomes King of England. | |
18 Mar 0978 CE | The Murder of Edward the Martyr by the servants of Ethelred's mother as he rode into the courtyard of Corfe Castle. He was just 15 years old. | |
Mar 0979 CE | Ethelred II, the Unready, half-brother of Edward, became King of England at the age of ten [until 1016]. 'Unready' is from 'Unraed' in Anglo-Saxon meaning failure to follow good advice. | |
0994 CE | Canute (994-1035), or 'Knut'/'Cnut', son of Svein, or 'Sweyn', the King of Denmark and later King of England, Denmark and Norway, was born. | |
Nov 1002 CE | English King Ethelred II, the Unready, marries Emma of Normandy (?-1052), the daughter of Richard I of the Normans. | |
1013 CE | (Autum) English King Ethelred II and Emma and Edward leave England for exile in Normandy. | |
Apr 1016 CE | Ethelred the Unready dies and Edmund II (Ironside) becomes King of England. Canute attempts to take the English throne with the support of most of the nobels. | |
18 Oct 1016 CE | Treaty between Canute and Edmund Ironside son of son of Ethelred (the Unready) II. Edmund was to have Wessex and Canute everything north of the Thames. It was also agreed that whoever survived the other would take control of the whole realm. | |
30 Nov 1016 CE | Edmund II (Ironside) dies unexpectedly of natural causes and Canute, Prince of Denmark became King of all England as Canute I. | |
12 Nov 1035 CE | King Canute, King of England, Denmark and Norway, dies. His possessions are divided and Harold I, Harefoot, becomes King of England and Hardicanute becomes King of Denmark. | |
Dec 1037 CE | Harold I Harefoot, illegitimate son of Canute, becomes King of England afterbeing proposed by Leofric. | |
17 Mar 1040 CE | Harold Harefoot dies | |
17 Mar 1040 CE | Harthacnut, son of Canute and Emma of Normandy, becomes King of England. | |
1040 CE | Macbeth succeeded King Duncan and ruled over Scotland until 1057. | |
8 Jun 1042 CE | Edward the Confessor, the second son of Ethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, becomes King of England. | |
1042 CE | Harthacnut, son of Canute and Emma of Normandy, dies at the age of 25. | |
15 Aug 1057 CE | Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was slain by the son of King Duncan. | |
6 Jan 1066 CE | Harold II Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, was crowned King of England. | |
Jul 1066 CE | King Harold of England prepares for William's invasion | |
Jul 1066 CE | William the Conqueror's invasion fleet gathers in the estuary of the River Dives in France. | |
25 Sep 1066 CE | King Harold attacked Harold Hardrata's Vikings at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire. The King of Norway was killed and Harold's forces destroyed the Vikings who returned to Norway in 24 of their 300 ships. | |
27 Sep 1066 CE | William the Conqueror lands in southern England at Pevensey with his invading army to claim the English throne. | |
6 Oct 1066 CE | King Harold and his forces reach London. | |
14 Oct 1066 CE | Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England. | |
25 Dec 1066 CE | William I (1027-1087) is crowned the King of England (William the Conqueror). | |
1077 CE | Windsor Castle was erected by William the Conqueror to monitor travel on the Thames River. | |
1078 CE | William the Conqueror began work on the White Tower of London | |
25 Dec 1085 CE | At the Christmas Council, William the Conqueror ordered the compilation of The Domesday Book from a survey of English manor's production capacity in order to collect taxes. | |
1 Aug 1086 CE | Council of Salisbury | |
Aug 1086 CE | The first draft of the Domesday Book, orderd by Willam the Conqueror, was completed. The survey contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). | |
1086 CE | Zallaca: The Spanish are defeated | |
9 Sep 1087 CE | William the Conqueror(1027-1087), Duke of Normandy and King of England, died in Rouen while conducting a war which began when the French king made fun of him for being fat. | |
26 Sep 1087 CE | William II (Rufus) is crowned at Westminster as King of England. | |
1089 CE | Serlo builds the crypt at Gloucester | |
1089 CE | Lanfranc dies | |
1091 CE | Colchester Castle passes to Eudo | |
1091 CE | William Rufus renews agreement with the Scots | |
1092 CE | Work begins on Carlisle Cathedral | |
1092 CE | Carlisle Collegiate church founded | |
1092 CE | Collegiate church founded at Carlisle. | |
1092 CE | Tewkesbury Abbey is founded | |
1093 CE | Benedictines take over at Chester. | |
1093 CE | Anselm becomes the Archbishop of Canterbury | |
1093 CE | Durham Cathedral begun | |
Nov 1095 CE | The Council of Clermont | |
1095 CE | Wulstan dies | |
1096 CE | Canterbury Choir, East Transepts and Crypt building work | |
1096 CE | Building work begins on Alnwick castle | |
1096 CE | Building work begins on Norwich Cathedral | |
1096 CE | Peter the Hermit's Crusade | |
1097 CE | Edgar Macmalcolm becomes king of the Scots | |
2 Aug 1100 CE | William II (Rufus) is killed while hunting | |
5 Aug 1100 CE | Henry I succeeds as King of England | |
11 Nov 1100 CE | Henry I Marries Matilda | |
2 Apr 1101 CE | Henry I appoints a Norman Monk, Roger as Chancellor | |
1101 CE | Roger Bigod granted lands at Framlingham | |
1101 CE | Arundel Castle siege | |
1101 CE | On his return from the first crusade, Robert II (Robert Curthose) attempts to take the Crown of England fron his brother Henry I. | |