9th century in England
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Events from the 9th century in England.
Events
- 801
- Northumbrian invasion of Mercia fails.[1]
- 802
- 803
- Council of Clofeshoh abolishes the Archbishopric of Lichfield.[1]
- 805
- 806
- Eardwulf of Northumbria is deposed and apparently succeeded by Ælfwald II.[2] In 808 Eardwulf perhaps returns to the throne for an uncertain period.
- 815
- 816
- 818
- King Cenwulf of Mercia devastates Dyfed.[3]
- 821
- 822
- 825
- 829
- Egbert of Wessex temporarily conquers Mercia[1] and receives the submission of the Northumbrian king at Dore.
- 830
- Nennius completes his Historia Brittonum.[1]
- 832
- 833
- 27 August - Consecration of Ceolnoth as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 835
- 838
- Battle of Hingston Down: Egbert of Wessex defeats combined Danish and Cornish armies.[1]
- 841
- Vikings raid the south and east coasts, including the Kingdom of Lindsey.
- 842
- Vikings raid London, Rochester, and Southampton.[1]
- 844
- Approximate date of Battle of Cetyll in which Beorhtwulf of Mercia defeats Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd.
- 849
- Alfred, son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and Queen Osburh, is born at Wantage.[5]
- 851
- Kentish ships defeat the Danes off Sandwich in the first recorded naval battle in English history.[1]
- Battle of Oakley: King Æthelwulf of Wessex defeats the Danes.[1]
- Danes over-winter in England for the first time, on the Isle of Thanet.[1]
- 852
- Saint Swithun becomes Bishop of Winchester.[1]
- Probable death of King Beorhtwulf of Mercia.
- 853
- 856
- 1 October - King Æthelwulf marries as his second wife the teenage Judith of Flanders at Verberie and she is crowned queen of Wessex.
- 858
- 13 January - Æthelbald succeeds his father Æthelwulf as King of Wessex and marries his father's widow.
- 865
- Autumn
- Æthelred becomes King of Wessex.[1]
- Danish invasion force lands in East Anglia.[1]
- Autumn
- 866
- 867
- Danes defeat Northumbrians and install a puppet ruler.[1]
- 869
- 20 November - Battle of Hoxne: Danes defeat East Anglians, killing King Edmund the Martyr.[1]
- 870
- 871
- 4 January - Battle of Reading: Danes defeat the West Saxons.[4]
- 8 January - Battle of Ashdown: King Æthelred of Wessex defeats the Danes.[1]
- 22 January - Battle of Basing: Danes defeat the West Saxons.
- 22 March - Battle of Marton: Danes under Halfdan Ragnarsson defeat the West Saxons under King Æthelred of Wessex,[4] perhaps near Wilton, Wiltshire.
- 23 April - King Æthelred of Wessex dies; succeeded by his brother Alfred the Great.[1] Æthelred is buried at Wimborne Minster.
- Autumn - Danes withdraw from Reading to take up winter quarters in Mercian London.
- 873
- Spring - Danes return to Northumbria.
- Autumn - Danes return to Mercia, taking up winter quarters at Repton; Repton Abbey is abandoned.
- 874
- Danes appoint Ceolwulf II as ruler of Mercia having driven Burgred of Mercia into exile.[1]
- 875
- Monks leave Lindisfarne, which is being invaded by Danes, with the body of Saint Cuthbert, and settle at Chester-le-Street.[1]
- Donyarth, last recorded King of Cornwall, drowns in what is thought to be the River Fowey.[3]
- 876
- Danes capture southern Northumbria, and found the Kingdom of York,[1] perhaps under Halfdan Ragnarsson.
- 877
- Saxons kill Rhodri the Great and his son Gwriad.[3]
- Danes capture Exeter, and settle in the Five Boroughs.[1]
- 878
- January - Danes capture Chippenham, and take control of much of Wessex.[1]
- Early - Battle of Cynwit: Men of Wessex led by Odda, Ealdorman of Devon, prevent an attempted siege by Vikings under Ubba on the south coast of the Bristol Channel and capture their raven banner.
- Easter - Alfred constructs a fort at Athelney, and holds out against the Danes.[1]
- c.4–6 May - Alfred assembles troops at 'Egbert's Stone' on the edge of Salisbury Plain.
- c.11 May - Battle of Edington in Wiltshire: Alfred defeats the Danes and besieges them at Chippenham. They capitulate and, by the Treaty of Wedmore, Guthrum is baptised[1] at Aller, Somerset, and retreats in the first instance to Cirencester.
- Guthrum takes control of East Anglia.[1]
- Princes of southern Wales acknowledge Alfred as their overlord.[1]
- 886
- 888
- 890
- The Welsh ruler Anarawd ap Rhodri, King of Gwynedd, makes the first ceremonial visit to an English court, that of Alfred.
- Approximate date - Alfred begins to commission and undertake a series of translations into Old English, beginning with his own version of Pope Gregory I's Pastoral Care.
- 892
- Danes invade again, under the leadership of Hastein.[1]
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle first compiled.[1]
- 893
- Battle of Buttington Island: Alfred joins with Welsh forces to push back the Danes to Chester.[1]
- Asser of Sherborne writes The Life of King Alfred (Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum).[1]
- 894
- Danish forces reach the Thames estuary.[1]
- 895
- Alfred blockades the Danish fleet at the River Lea; Danes retreat to Bridgnorth.[1]
- 896
- Danish army leaves Wessex.[1]
- 899
- 26 October - King Alfred of Wessex dies; succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 38–42. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ De primo Saxonum adventu.
- ^ a b c d e f Annales Cambriae.
- ^ a b c Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Date adjusted.
- ^ Asser (893). The Life of King Alfred.