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Reign of Alfred the GreatReign of Edward the ElderReign of AethelstanReign of Edmund IReign of EadredReign of EadwigReign of Edgar IReign of Edward the MartyrReign of Aethelred 'the Unready'
Dec 25 Charlemagne was acclaimed as Roman Emperor in St Peter's in Rome by Pope Leo...(more)

The monastic community founded by St. Columba on the tiny island of Iona off...(more)

The monastic community on the tiny and remote island off the north west coast...(more)

It appears that the raid on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent was the start of a...(more)

Up until now the Vikings had raided islands and coastal communities but now...(more)

A fleet of possibly 35 ships landed a Viking army in Devon. Egbert fought the...(more)

A Viking raiding party assisted by local cornish men was defeated by Egbert of...(more)

Egbert was followed by his son Ethulwulf as King of Wessex....(more)

The Vikings captured Forannán, the Abbot of Armagh. Attempts to drive the...(more)

Mael Sechnaill became the high king of Ireland. Died in 862....(more)

Alfred was the fifth son of Ethelwulf, King of Wessex....(more)

The Danes landed at Wembury near Plymouth and were defeated by forces from...(more)

Winter The first Viking raiding party to stay in England for a period of time landed...(more)

Alfred is sent to Rome by his father to see Pope Leo IV....(more)

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Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome to see Pope Leo IV....(more)

Unhappy with his father's marriage to Judith and absence from the country,...(more)

Upon the death of his elder brother, Ethelbert became the King of Wessex....(more)

Following the death of his elder brother, Ethelred became the King of Wessex....(more)

A large army of Danes landed in East Anglia led by King Ivar the 'Boneless' and...(more)

Vikings raiders were driven from the northern coasts of Ireland by Aed...(more)

A large number of Vikings landed in East Anglia and gathered horses and...(more)

Ethelread held a Witenagemot (Witan) at the palace of Woodstock....(more)

Winter The 'Great Army' moved north from their original landing site in East Anglia...(more)

The Danes led by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the boneless and Halfdan,...(more)

The Danes place a puppet King on the throne in Northumbria called Egbert....(more)

Armies from Northumbria attacked the Danes at York but were defeated. The Danes...(more)

Alfred marries the daughter of a Mercian nobleman....(more)

Autumn Ethelred and Alfred married Mercian noble women whilst assisting the King of...(more)

Moving south again from York, The Danes entered East Anglia, attacking and...(more)

Danes attack Crowland Abbey and burn it down....(more)

Dec The Danes moved south into the Wessex area and captured Reading....(more)

During the period between 871 and 875 while the Danes were occupied in the...(more)

Qtr 1 Athelred and Alfred defeated the Danes at Ashdown....(more)

Qtr 2 Another army of Danes landed in London and were joined by those at Reading. The...(more)

Apr After fighting the Danes all winter Athelred died. He was only in his twenties....(more)

Ivar 'the Boneless', the king of Dublin died. He was succeeded by his brother...(more)

Summer A revolt occurred in Northumbria where the Danes had installed the 'puppet'...(more)

Alfred the Great organised a small number of ships to attack invading Danes....(more)

Led by Halfdan the Danes moved north to attack the Picts and the area of...(more)

Led by Guthrum, an army of Danes moved to Wareham in Dorset where they were net...(more)

Jan After Exeter. Alfred was hoping that trouble with the Danes was over, but again...(more)

Spring During the winter and spring period Alfred was in hiding. He ran a guerrilla...(more)

Apr Alfred called for his men to form an army and attack the Danes. He ordered the...(more)

A new Viking fleet sailed up the Thames and and built a camp at Fulham. For...(more)

After the success at Edington Alfred decided to construct of a series of...(more)

Alfred had been increasing the size of his new navy and in 882 used it to good...(more)

An army of Vikings landed in Kent from the Continent and besieged Rochester....(more)

Alfred took full control of London and strengthened its defences in defiance...(more)

Guthrum died in 890 and his peace agreements with Alfred were maintained by his...(more)

A huge army of Danes travelled from from Boulogne using some 250 ships and...(more)

While Alfred concentrated his efforts against the Danes at Milton, the Danes at...(more)

The combined Danish army left Shoebury and marched west up the Thames valley...(more)

Oct 26 Alfred the Great died on October 26th and Edward, his son, became king of...(more)

Constantine claimed the throne of Scotland when Donald II was killed in battle....(more)

The Norse that had occupied Dublin were expelled with nowhere to go. Over the...(more)

Athelwold and Eric the Dane were killed in battle against Edward the Elder....(more)

Edward the Elder managed to agree peace terms with the Danes in Northumbria but...(more)

Rollo, in return for land in Northen France, swore allegiance to the French...(more)

Vikings land at Waterford in Ireland and establish a base....(more)

Jul 17 Edward the Elder died (at Farndon in Mercia). He was succeeded by his son...(more)

Sep At this point Aethelstan was not king of all England, and had to wait until 927...(more)

To help consolidate his links to the North Athelstan married his sister to...(more)

When Sihtric died he left an heir Olaf. The king of the Norse in Dublin arrived...(more)

With the death of the Danes leader Sihtric in the North, Athelstan drove his...(more)

Accused of conspiring against his own family Edwin, Aethelstan's own brother,...(more)

Athelstan put together a large army and invaded Scotland destroying it as he...(more)

The Dane Anlaff (possibly Sihtric's son), Owen of Cumberland and Constantine,...(more)

Oct Edmund, the half-brother of Athelstan, became King of England at the age of 18....(more)

Dunstan moved to Glastonbury where he placed the monastery under the rule of...(more)

Constantine abdicated in 943 to retire to a monastery. Malcolm I became ruler...(more)

Edmund I took control of York and the surrounding area. He removed sacred...(more)

May Eadred became King of Wessex. He followed his brother Edmund who was murdered....(more)

Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon....(more)

Eadwig became the King of Wessex on the death of Eadred....(more)

Eadred died at an early age possibly due to a digestive illness. He was...(more)

Eadwig sent Dunstaninto exile. The reason for this is that Dunstan had caught...(more)

Beorhthelm became Archbishop of Canterbury....(more)

Aefsige became Archbishop of Canterbury....(more)

Oct 1 At the death of Eadwig, Edgar became King of England. He appointed Dunstan...(more)

Dunstan became Archbishop of Canterbury....(more)

The church of St. Paul's built by Ethelbert burnt down this year....(more)

At the bidding of St. Dunstan Benedictine monks moved from the Abbey of...(more)

The rule of Benedictine was introduced to the abbey by St Oswald, the Bishop of...(more)

In the presence of King Edgar, Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury and Oswald...(more)

Edgar arranged a water-pageant on the river Dee where he was rowed from Chester...(more)

May 11 King Edgar was crowned at Bath Abbey....(more)

Jul Edward, the eldest son of Edgar, became the king of the English at the age of...(more)

Mar Athelred became king after the assassination of Edward the Martyr....(more)

Mar 18 Edward, the King of the English was assassinated under orders from his...(more)

With Athelred on the throne for a short time, and may be showing some weakness...(more)

Oswald founded a Benedictine monastery at Worcester dedicated to St. Mary the...(more)

Jul 3 Hugh Capet, elected by his peers became King of France, and was crowned at...(more)

In Somerset Viking raiders attacked and burnt a village at Wachet. The local...(more)

Athelgar became the Archbishop of Canterbury after the death of Dunstan....(more)

Sigeric Serio becomes Archbishop of Canterbury....(more)

Athelred was advised by Archbishop Sigeric to talk to Olaf and arrange a truce...(more)

The raiding Vikings attacked the Ipswich area of England before sailing into...(more)

Under the leadership of Olaf Trygvasson the Vikings attacked the wealthy...(more)

Swein Fork-Beard had overthrone this father King Harold Blue-Tooth Gormsson,...(more)

Winter Through the Winter months Athelred provided the Vikings with lodgings and...(more)

Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury....(more)

Aug Hugh Capet, King of France died of smallpox....(more)

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