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.