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Event Title World Events
10 year overview for 800 to 809
 800Dec 25Charlemagne becomes Emperor
 
 
Episode: Viking Invasions
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 802Vikings raid Iona
 807Vikings raid island of Inishmurray
10 year overview for 810 to 819
 814Jan 28Charlemagne dies
10 year overview for 830 to 839
 832The rise of Wessex
 835Vikings invade Sheppey
 836Ireland raided by the Vikings
Viking invade Devon
 837Battle of Hingston Down
 839Ethulwulf becomes king of Wessex
10 year overview for 840 to 849
 840Death of Louis the Pious
 841Battle of Fontenay
 843Treaty of Verdun
 845Vikings in Ireland
 846Mael Sechnaill high king of Ireland
 849Alfred 'the Great' is born
10 year overview for 850 to 859
 851Danish invasion defeated
 852WinterVikings spend winter in England
 853Alfred goes to Rome
 854Danes attack Paris
 855Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome
 858Ethelbald becomes King of Wessex
10 year overview for 860 to 869
 860Ethelbert becomes King of Wessex
 865Ethelred becomes King of Wessex
The 'Great Army' invade
 866Vikings driven out of Ireland
The 'Great Army' arrive in East Anglia
Witenagemot held at Woodstock
WinterNorthumbria is invaded by the Danes
 867The Danes invade Northumbria and York
Danes impose a king on Northumbria
Danes are attacked and move south
 868Alfred marries Ealhswith
AutumnA peaceful settlement is reached
 869Danes attack East Anglia
10 year overview for 870 to 879
 870Crowland Abbey destroyed
DecThe Danes attack Wessex
 871Alfred rebuilds his defences
Qtr 1Battle of Ashdown
Qtr 2More Danes arrive in Britain
 
 
The reign of Alfred The Great
   Information on Alfred the Great
 
AprAlfred 'The Great' becomes king of Wessex
 872Ivar the Boneless dies
SummerRevolt in Northumbria
 875Alfred builds a small navy
Danes move against the north.
 876Danes defeated in the south
 878JanThe Danes take the advantage
SpringAlfred burns the cakes
AprBattle of Edington
 879New Viking Invasion
Start of reoganisation
10 year overview for 880 to 889
 882Alfred attacks Viking ships
 885Vikings besiege Rochester
 886Alfred captures London
10 year overview for 890 to 899
 890Guthrum dies
 893Danish Invasion
 894Battle at Farnham
 895Danes march west
 
 
The reign of Edward the Elder (899 - 924)
   Information on Edward the Elder
 
 899Oct 26Alfred dies, Edward 'The Elder' becomes King
10 year overview for 900 to 909
 900Constantine becomes ruler of Scotland
 902Norwegians expelled from Dublin
 905Athelwold killed
 906Peace with Northumbria
10 year overview for 910 to 919
 911
 Rollo founds the Norman Dynasty
 914Vikings return to Ireland
 924Jul 17Edward the Elder dies
 925SepAthelstan becomes King of Wessex and Mercia
 926Sihtric marries Aethelstan's sister
 927Athelstan defeats the Vikings
 
 
The reign of Aethelstan (924 - 939)
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Athelstan becomes overlord King
10 year overview for 930 to 939
 933Edwin is drowned
 934Athelstan invades Scotland
 937Danish invasion
 
 
The reign of Edmund (939 - 946)
   Information on Edmund
 
 
 939OctEdmund succeeds his brother Athelstan
10 year overview for 940 to 949
 943Dunstan and Glastonbury
Malcolm I becomes ruler of Scotland
 944Edmund captures York
 946MayEadred becomes King of Wessex
 948Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon.
10 year overview for 950 to 959
 955Eadwig becomes King of Wessex
Eadred dies
 956Dunstan sent into exile
 959Beorhthelm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
Aefsige becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 
 
The reign of Edgar (959 - 975)
   Information on Edgar
 
Oct 1Edgar becomes King of England
10 year overview for 960 to 969
 960Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 962St. Paul's burns down
 964Benedictines at Winchester
10 year overview for 970 to 979
 972Pershore Abbey charter confirmed
Consecration of Peterborough Abbey
 973Edgar's water-pageant
May 11Coronation of King Edgar
 975JulEdward becomes king
 
 
The reign of Aethelred (978 - 1016)
   Information on Aethelred the Unready
 
 979MarAthelred becomes king
Mar 18Murder of Edward the Martyr
10 year overview for 980 to 989
 980First Viking attacks
 983Monastery at Worcester
 987Jul 3
 Hugh Capet becomes King of France
 988Battle at Wachet
Athelgar becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
10 year overview for 990 to 999
 990Sigeric Serio becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 991Vikings paid to leave
Battle of Malden
Vikings attack the wealthy south-east
 994Swein Fork-Beard becomes King of Denmark
WinterTrygvasson converted to Christianity
 995Aelfric becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
 996Aug
 Capet Dies and Robert II becomes King of France
 997
 Peasant's Revolt in Normandy
 
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