661. 664. 668. 681. 685. 687. 688. 728. 731. 737. 752. 755. 757. 774. 777. 779. 786. 787. 796. 802. 825. 826. 827. 836. 837. 839. 847. 851. Wulfhere, King of Mercia, ravages Wessex. Wilfrid, driven from the bishopric of York, converts the Egfrith, King of Northumbria, is defeated and killed by the Picts. Ine becomes King of the West Saxons, and publishes his laws. The Venerable Bede finishes his History; and dies, 735. Cuthred, King of the West Saxons, defeats Ethelbald at Burford. Offa becomes King of Mercia. Offa defeats the men of Kent at Otford. Offa defeats Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington. Offa makes his dyke, from the Dee to the Wye, to protect Shrewsbury and his other conquests from the Welsh. Egbert, heir to the throne of Wessex, driven into exile by Brithric, Lichfield is made an archbishopric with the leave of Pope Hadrian. EGBERT, 802-839 (37 YEARS) (a). Egbert becomes King of the West Saxons. Supremacy of Wessex. The men of Kent, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia submit to Egbert conquers the Mercians, and the Northumbrians submit to Egbert defeats the Northmen and West Welsh at Hengest's Egbert is succeeded by his sons, Ethelwulf in Wessex as over- ETHELWULF, 839-858 (19 YEARS). Ealstan, Bishop of Sherborne, and Osric defeat the Northmen at the mouth of the Parret. Ethelwulf defeats the Northmen at the battle of Ockley in Surrey. (a) Peace of Wedmore. The boundary was to be, according to the Peace, "up on the Thames and then up on the Lea, and along the Lea unto its source, then right to Bedford, then up on the Ouse unto Watling Street." 872. The Northmen come from Ireland and ravage Scotland. 876. Rollo, the Northman, overruns Normandy. 855. 856. 858. 860. 865. 866. 867. 868. 870. 871. The Northmen for the first time remain over the winter in Ethelwulf is succeeded by his son, Ethelbald. ETHELBALD, ETHELBERT, AND ETHEL- Ethelbald is succeeded by his brother Ethelbert. The Northmen ravage Kent. Ethelbert is succeeded by his brother Ethelred. The Northmen passing from East Anglia take York. The Northmen defeat and kill Edmund, King of East Anglia. Battle of Englefield, Northmen defeated. Reading, Basing, 872. 875. 876. 877. 878. 879. 880. c. 890. 893. 897. 901. 905. Ethelred is succeeded by his brother Alfred. ALFRED, 871-901 (30 YEARS). Battle of Wilton, Northmen victorious. Peace between the Northmen and the West Saxons. The Northmen under Guthrum invade Wessex. Battle of Ethandun, English victorious. Alfred retreats Peace of Chippenham (or Wedmore) (a). England north of Watling Street is ceded to the Danes. The Northmen apportion East Anglia. Alfred issues his laws. The Northmen defeated at Louvain, passing from Boulogne, ravage [Much fighting all over England for four years.] Alfred builds a new fleet and stops the invasions. EDWARD THE ELDER, 901-925 (24 YEARS). Ethelwald, son of Ethelred I., rebels, and flies to the Northmen of Northumbria. Ethelwald is killed in battle with the Kentishmen. (a) This was the district often known as that of the Five Burghs (Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stamford, and Derby). 913. Rollo is recognised by Charles the Simple as Duke of Normandy. He and his people become Christian. 918. The Northmen's host from Gaul tries to invade the west of England, but is driven off and goes to Ireland. (b) Athelstan, through the marriages of his sisters, is brother-in-law to Charles the Simple, King of the West Franks, Lewis, King of the Lower Burgundy, Hugh, the Great Duke of the French, and the Emperor Otto the Great. |