Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral.
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.
17 July - Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by Æthelstan as King of Wessex.
925
4 September - Coronation of Æthelstan as King of Wessex 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.
26 May - King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England who is crowned on 16 August at Kingston upon Thames.
Óláfr Sigtryggsson returns as King of Northumbria.
952
Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York.
King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York.
954
Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York, reuniting the kingdom of Northumbria with that of England, under the administration of Osulf I of Bamburgh.
955
23 November - King Eadred dies and is succeeded by his nephew Eadwig.
Ælfsige enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury but dies en route to Rome.
Byrhthelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
1 October - King Edy dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful. Edgar overturns the appointment of Byrhthelm as Archbishop of Canterbury in favour of Dunstan.
960
21 September - Dunstan receives the pallium as Archbishop of Canterbury from Pope John XII.
Edgar has the coinage called in and re-struck as uniform pennies.
975
8 July - King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son Edward.
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.
980
Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.
981
Viking raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years.
985
King Æthelred grants lands at Hēatūn to Lady Wulfrun by royal charter, thus founding what will become Wolverhampton.
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.
