10th century in England
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Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England.
Events
- 902
- Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral.[1]
- 909
- The Diocese of Bath is separated from that of Sherborne, Athelm being appointed first Bishop of Wells. Æthelweard briefly serves as Bishop of Sherborne at about this time.
- 910–920
- Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, conquer most of the Danelaw.[2]
- 910
- 5 August - Battle of Tettenhall: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, allied with the forces of Mercia, defeats a Northumbrian Viking army.[3]
- 911
- Edward transfers London and Oxford from Mercia to Wessex.[1]
- Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, dies and his wife Æthelflæd takes over rule as Lady of the Mercians.
- 912
- Æthelflæd of Mercia begins to establish fortified burhs, including one at Bridgnorth.
- 913
- 914
- 915
- 917
- King Edward captures Derby and seizes control of East Anglia. All Danes south of the Humber submit to his rule.[1]
- 918
- 919
- Ragnall ua Ímair seizes control of the Kingdom of York.[1]
- 920
- Norse Vikings under Sitric Cáech attack Cheshire.[1]
- Constantine II of Scotland, and the kings of Strathclyde, York, and Northumbria acknowledge Edward the Elder as their overlord.[1]
- c. 923
- Athelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 924
- 925
- 4 September - Coronation of Æthelstan as King of Wessex[1] at Kingston upon Thames.
- 926
- 8 January - Death of Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. He will be succeeded by Wulfhelm.
- 30 January - A sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Edith of Polesworth, is married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of Northumbria and Dublin (died 927), in Tamworth.[4][5]
- Possible date (or 936?) - Conan is nominated as Bishop of Cornwall by Æthelstan.
- 927
- King Æthelstan occupies York[1] following the death of Sitric Cáech.
- King Æthelstan of Wessex unites the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy into the Kingdom of England.
- 12 July - Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde acknowledge Æthelstan as their overlord.[1]
- 928
- 931
- Æthelstan holds the first Council of All England, at Colchester.[1]
- 933
- Æthelstan founds Milton Abbey in Dorset.
- 934
- 935
- 937
- Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats Olaf Guthfrithson, the King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of the Cumbrians.[3]
- 939
- Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against the Germans.[1]
- King Æthelstan dies and is succeeded by his brother Edmund I of England.[3]
- King Olaf Guthfrithson captures York.[1]
- 940
- King Edmund cedes Northumbria and the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw to Olaf Guthfrithson.[3]
- Saint Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury and initiates monastic reform and revival.[1]
- King Edmund summons Dunstan to his court where he becomes a favourite.
- 941
- King Olaf Guthfrithson dies; Óláfr Sigtryggsson succeeds him as King of Northumbria.[1]
- 12 February - Death of Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Oda enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 942
- King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs.[1]
- 943
- 944
- 945
- King Edmund invades Strathclyde, and grants Cumbria to King Malcolm I of Scotland.[1]
- 946
- 26 May - King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England[3] who is crowned on 16 August at Kingston upon Thames.
- 947
- Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of Northumbria.[1]
- 948
- King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from Northumbria.[3]
- King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria.[1]
- 949
- Óláfr Sigtryggsson returns as King of Northumbria.[1]
- 952
- 954
- Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York,[3] reuniting the kingdom of Northumbria with that of England, under the administration of Osulf I of Bamburgh.
- 955
- 956
- Dunstan exiled after quarreling with King Eadwig.[1]
- 957
- Dunstan re-founds abbeys at Bath, Exeter, Malmesbury, and Westminster.[1]
- Mercia and Northumbria rebel, choosing Edgar as King.[1]
- 958
- 2 June - Death of Oda of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 959
- Ælfsige enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury but dies en route to Rome.
- Birthelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1 October - King Edy dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful.[3] Edgar overturns the appointment of Birthelm as Archbishop of Canterbury in favour of Dunstan.
- 960
- 21 September - Dunstan receives the pallium as Archbishop of Canterbury from Pope John XII.
- 961
- Saint Oswald becomes Bishop of Worcester; he establishes or re-founds abbeys at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, Evesham, Pershore, and Winchcombe.[1]
- 963
- King Edgar grants legal autonomy to the Danelaw.[1]
- Æthelwold becomes Bishop of Winchester; re-founds abbeys at Ely and Peterborough.[1]
- c. 970
- Regularis Concordia produced at Winchester.[2]
- 971
- 15 July - The planned removal of the body of Saint Swithun during the re-building of Winchester Cathedral delayed by 40 days due to rain.[8]
- Kenneth II of Scotland raids England, reaching as far as Yorkshire.[1]
- 973
- 975
- 978
- 18 March - King Edward is murdered by the servants of his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth at Corfe Castle. He is succeeded by his stepbrother Æthelred the Unready.[3]
- 980
- Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.[3]
- 981
- 985
- King Æthelred grants lands at Hēatūn to Lady Wulfrun by royal charter, thus founding what will become Wolverhampton.[9][10]
- 988
- 19 May - Death of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Æthelgar enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 990
- 13 February - Death of Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Sigeric the Serious enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 991
- 1 March - Æthelred signs a treaty with Duke Richard I of Normandy, by which each agrees not to aid the others enemies.[1]
- August - Norse invasion force sacks Ipswich.[1]
- 10 August - Battle of Maldon: Danes defeat the English army,[3] whose leader, Byrhtnoth, is killed.
- The first Danegeld, of £10,000, is paid to the Danes in return for their leaving England (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).[3]
- 993
- Danes raid Northumbria,[1] destroying the original fortifications at Bamburgh Castle.
- 994
- 995
- Ælfric of Abingdon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moves his episcopal see from Chester-le-Street to Durham, to which the remains of Saint Cuthbert (d. 687) are translated.
- Ælfric of Eynsham completes his Catholic Homilies.[1]
- 997
- King Æthelred issues a law code at Wantage, defining the legal position in the Danelaw and introducing trial by jury.[1]
- Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English Lives of Saints.[1]
- 998
- Danes raid southern and western coasts.[1]
- 999
- 1000
- English fleet invades the Isle of Man.[1]
- English invasion of Cumbria fails.[1]
- Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed.[1]
Births
- 902
- Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 988)
- 922
- King Edmund I of England (died 946)
- 923
- King Eadred of England (died 955)
- 943/44
- King Edgar of England (died 975)
- c. 950
- Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 994)
- 962
- King Edward the Martyr (died 978)
- 968
- King Æthelred the Unready (died 1016)
Deaths
- 923
- Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 924
- 17 July - Edward the Elder, King of Wessex (born c. 871)
- 2 August - Ælfweard of Wessex, King of Wessex
- 926
- Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 927
- Sitric Cáech, Norse King of Northumbria
- 939
- 27 October - Æthelstan, King of England (born c. 895)
- 941
- 12 February - Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 946
- 26 May - King Edmund I of England (born 922)
- 954
- Eric Bloodaxe, Norse King of Northumbria (born c. 895)
- 955
- 23 November - King Eadred of England (born c. 923)
- 958
- Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 959
- Ælfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
- c. 962/3
- 973
- 15 May - Birthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 975
- 8 July - King Edgar of England (born c. 943)
- 978
- King Edward the Martyr (born c. 962)
- 988
- Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 909)
- 990
- 13 February - Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 994
- 28 October - Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 950)
References
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- ^ "Sihtric (Norse King of York)". Medieval People. TimeRef. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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