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Events from the 9th century in England.

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.
  • 806
  • Eardwulf of Northumbria is deposed and apparently succeeded by Ælfwald II. In 808 Eardwulf perhaps returns to the throne for an uncertain period.
  • 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.
  • 825
  • Battle of Ellendun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats the Mercians, and subdues Essex, Sussex, and Kent, ending the Mercian Supremacy.
  • A fight of Welsh/Britons and Devon-men at Gafulford in the south-west.
  • 829
  • Egbert of Wessex temporarily conquers Mercia and receives the submission of the Northumbrian king at Dore.
  • 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.
  • 841
  • Vikings raid the south and east coasts, including the Kingdom of Lindsey.
  • 842
  • Vikings raid London, Rochester, and Southampton.
  • 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.
  • 851
  • Kentish ships defeat the Danes off Sandwich in the first recorded naval battle in English history.
  • Battle of Oakley: King Æthelwulf of Wessex defeats the Danes.
  • Danes over-winter in England for the first time, on the Isle of Thanet.
  • 852
  • Saint Swithun becomes Bishop of Winchester.
  • Probable death of King Beorhtwulf of Mercia.
  • 853
  • King Æthelwulf sends his son Alfred to the papal court in Rome.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 4 January - Battle of Reading: Danes defeat the West Saxons.
  • 8 January - Battle of Ashdown: King Æthelred of Wessex defeats the Danes.
  • 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, perhaps near Wilton, Wiltshire.
  • 23 April - King Æthelred of Wessex dies; succeeded by his brother Alfred the Great. 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.
  • 875
  • Monks leave Lindisfarne, which is being invaded by Danes, with the body of Saint Cuthbert, and settle at Chester-le-Street.
  • Donyarth, last recorded King of Cornwall, drowns in what is thought to be the River Fowey.
  • 876
  • Danes capture southern Northumbria, and found the Kingdom of York, perhaps under Halfdan Ragnarsson.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 at Aller, Somerset, and retreats in the first instance to Cirencester.
  • Guthrum takes control of East Anglia.
  • Princes of southern Wales acknowledge Alfred as their overlord.
  • 886
  • Alfred restores London to Mercia.
  • Alfred 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 King Alfred (Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum).
  • 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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