8th century in England

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Events from the 8th century in England.

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• 705
  • Saint Wilfrid re-instated as Bishop of Ripon.^[1]
  • Bede completes his first chronological work.^[1]
• 710
  • Picts unsuccessfully invade Northumbria.^[2]
• 716
  • Ethelbald becomes King of Mercia, marking the beginning of that kingdom's ascendancy over the other Saxon realms.^[1]
• 722
  • King Ine of Wessex fails to conquer Cornwall, being defeated at the three battles of Hehil, Garth Maelog, and Pencon.^[3]
• before 730: Northumbria annexes Rheged.
• 731
  • Bede completes his Ecclesiastical History of the English.^[1]
• 735
  • Bishopric of York upgraded to an Archbishopric; Ecgbert becomes the first Archbishop.^[1]
• 736
  • King Ethelbald of Mercia describes himself as "King of Britain".^[1]
• 747
  • First Council of Clofeshoh reforms the Church.^[1]
• 749
  • Edict of Gumley: Church freed from its economic obligations to the King of Mercia.^[1]
• 750
  • King Eadberht of Northumbria invades the Kingdom of Strathclyde, capturing Kyle.^[1]
• 752
  • Battle of Beorhford: Wessex defeats Mercia.^[1]
• 756
  • King Eadberht captures Dumbarton, capitol of Strathclyde.^[1]
• 757
  • King Ethelbald of Mercia murdered; succeeded by Offa.^[1]
  • Wat's Dyke constructed.^[1]
• 760
  • Battle of Hereford: Battle between Mercia and the Welsh; Dyfnwal ap Tewdwr dies.^[3]
• 764
  • Offa conquers Kent.^[1]
• 771
  • Offa conquers Sussex.^[1]
• 774
  • Offa first uses the title "King of the English".^[1]
• 776
  • Battle of Otford: Kent expels the Mercians.^[1]
• 778
  • Offa raids Dyfed.^[3]
• 784
  • Offa raids Wales.^[3]
  • Construction of Offa's Dyke begins.^[1]
• 786
  • Papal legates hold councils in Mercia and Northumbria.^[1]
  • Mercia regains control of Kent.^[1]
• 787
  • Offa issues the first silver penny.^[1]
  • Offa has his son consecrated as King; the first such ceremony in England.^[1]
  • First Viking raid on England; at Portland.^[1]
• 788
  • At Offa's urging, the Pope upgrades the Bishopric of Lichfield to an Archbishopric.^[1]
• 789
  • Charlemagne establishes a trade embargo on the English after failed negotiations for his daughter to marry Offa's son.^[1]
• 793
  • 8 June - Vikings raid Lindisfarne.^[1]
• 794
  • Vikings raid Jarrow.^[1]
• 796
  • Kent rebels against Mercia again.^[1]
  • Offa raids Dyfed.^[1]
  • Battle of Rhuddlan.^[2]
  • 26 July - Offa dies; Wessex regains its independence.^[2]
• 798
  • Kentish rebellion suppressed.^[1]
  • Saxons kill Caradog ap Meirion, King of Gwynedd. ^[3]

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