9th Century in England - Events

Events

  • 801
    • Northumbrian invasion of Mercia fails.
  • 802
    • Egbert becomes King of Wessex.
  • 803
    • Council of Clofeshoh abolishes the Archbishopric of Lichfield.
  • 805
    • 12 May - Death of Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury.
    • 3 August - Enthronement of Wulfred as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 815
    • Egbert of Wessex conquers Cornwall.
  • 816
    • Saxons invade the mountains of Eryri and the kingdom of Rhufoniog.
  • 818
    • King Cenwulf of Mercia devastates Dyfed.
  • 821
    • Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, submits to Cenwulf of Mercia in a dispute over Church lands.
  • 822
    • Mercian army destroys the fortress of Degannwy and takes control of Powys.
  • 823
    • A fight of Welsh/Britons Devon-men at Gafulford
  • 825
    • Battle of Ellendun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats the Mercians, and subdues Essex, Sussex, and Kent, ending the Mercian Supremacy.
  • 829
    • Egbert of Wessex temporarily conquers Mercia.
  • 830
    • Nennius completes his Historia Brittonum.
  • 832
    • 24 March - Death of Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury.
    • 9 June - Consecration of Feologild as Archbishop of Canterbury.
    • 30 August - Death of Feologild.
  • 833
    • 27 August - Consecration of Ceolnoth as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 835
    • Vikings raid Sheppey.
  • 838
    • Battle of Hingston Down: Egbert of Wessex defeats combined Danish and Cornish armies.
  • 842
    • Vikings raid London, Rochester, and Southampton.
  • 851
    • Kentish ships defeat the Danes off Sandwich in the first recorded naval battle in English history.
    • Battle of Oakley: King Ethelwulf of Wessex defeats the Danes.
    • Danes over-winter in England for the first time, at Thanet.
  • 852
    • Saint Swithun becomes Bishop of Winchester.
  • 853
    • King Ethelwulf sends his son Alfred to the papal court in Rome.
  • 865
    • Ethelred becomes King of Wessex.
    • Danish invasion force lands in East Anglia.
  • 866
    • Danes capture York.
  • 867
    • Danes defeat Northumbrians and install a puppet ruler.
  • 869
    • 20 November - Battle of Hoxne: Danes defeat East Anglians, killing King Edmund the Martyr.
  • 870
    • Danes capture Reading.
    • 4 February - Death of Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury. He is succeeded by Æthelred.
  • 871
    • January - Battle of Ashdown: Ethelred defeats the Danes.
    • 23 April - Ethelred dies; succeeded by his brother Alfred the Great.
  • 874
    • Danes appoint a puppet ruler in Mercia.
  • 875
    • Monks leave Lindisfarne with the body of Saint Cuthbert, and settle at Chester-le-Street.
  • 876
    • Danes capture southern Northumbria, and found the Kingdom of York.
  • 877
    • Saxons kill Rhodri the Great and his son Gwriad.
    • Danes capture Exeter, and settle in the Five Boroughs.
  • 878
    • January - Danes capture Chippenham, and take control of much of Wessex.
    • Easter - Alfred constructs a fort at Athelney, and holds out against the Danes.
    • 11 May - Battle of Ethandun: Alfred defeats the Danes. Guthrum baptised.
    • Danes take control of East Anglia.
    • Princes of southern Wales acknowledge Alfred as their overlord.
  • 886
    • Alfred restores London to Mercia.
    • Alred signs a treaty with Guthrum, granting the territory between the Thames and the Tees to the Danes; later known as the Danelaw.
  • 888
    • 30 June - Death of Æthelred, Archbishop of Canterbury. He is succeeded by Plegmund.
  • 892
    • Danes invade again, under the leadership of Hastein.
    • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first compiled.
  • 893
    • Battle of Buttington Island: Alfred joins with Welsh forces to push back the Danes to Chester.
    • Asser of Sherborne writes the Life of Alfred.
  • 894
    • Danish forces reach the Thames estuary.
  • 895
    • Alfred blockades the Danish fleet at the River Lea; Danes retreat to Bridgnorth.
  • 896
    • Danish army leaves Wessex.
  • 899
    • 26 October - King Alfred of Wessex dies; succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder.

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