10th century in England

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Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 References
5 See also

Events

902
- Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral.^[1]
910–920
- Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and Æthelflæd, ruler of Mercia, conquer most of the Danelaw.^[2]
910
- 5 August - Battle of Tettenhall: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex defeats a Viking army.^[3]
911
- Edward transfers London and Oxford from Mercia to Wessex.^[1]
914 or 923
- Death of Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury.
915
- First Battle of Corbridge Viking victory over the Anglo-Saxons.^[1]
- King Edward occupies Bedford.^[1]
917
- King Edward captures Derby and seizes control of East Anglia. All Danes south of the Humber submit to his rule.^[1]
918
- Æthelflæd of Mercia dies; Edward the Elder takes control of her kingdom.^[1]
- Welsh princes pay homage to Edward.^[1]
- Second Battle of Corbridge.
919
- Ragnall ua Ímair seizes control of the Kingdom of York.^[1]
920
- Norse Vikings under Sihtric 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
- 17 July - Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by Athelstan as King of Wessex.^[3]
925
- 4 September - Coronation of Athelstan as King of Wessex.^[1]
926
- 8 January - Death of Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury.
c. 926
- Wulfhelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
927
- King Athelstan occupies York.^[1]
- King Athelstan of Wessex unites the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy into the Kingdom of England.
- 12 July - Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde acknowledge Athelstan as their overlord.^[1]
928
- King Athelstan defeats the Welsh, and sets the border of Wales at the River Wye.^[1]
- King Athelstan subdues the Cornish, and sets the border of Cornwall at the River Tamar.^[1]
931
- Athelstan holds the first Council of All England, at Colchester.^[1]
933
- Athelstan founds Milton Abbey.
934
- Athelstan invades Scotland, reaching as far as Caithness.^[1]
935
- Athelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be "King of All Britain".^[1]
937
- Battle of Brunanburh: King Athelstan defeats the Scots, Vikings, and Strathclyde Welsh.^[3]
939
- Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against the Germans.^[1]
- King Athelstan dies and is succeeded by his brother Edmund I of England.^[3]
- Viking leader Olaf III Guthfrithson captures York.^[1]
940
- King Edmund cedes Northumbria and the Five Boroughs 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
- Olaf Guthfrithson dies; Olaf Sihtricsson becomes King of York.^[1]
- 12 February - Death of Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Oda enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
942
- King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs.^[1]
944
- King Edmund takes York from the Vikings.^[3]
945
- King Edmund invades Strathclyde, and grants Cumbria to King Malcolm I of Scotland.^[1]
946
- 26 May - King Edmund murdered and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England.^[3]
947
- Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of York.^[1]
948
- King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from Northumbria.^[3]
- King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria.^[1]
949
- Olaf Sihtricsson returns as King of York.^[1]
952
- Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York.^[3]
- King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York.^[1]
954
- Eric Bloodaxe dies allowing King Eadred to recover York.^[3]
955
- 23 November - King Eadred dies and is succeeded by his nephew Eadwig of England.^[3]
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 of England 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 of England.^[3]
- Edgar overturns the appointment of Birthelm as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Dunstan enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
961
- Saint Oswald becomes Bishop of Worcester; establishes or re-founds abbeys at Ramsey, 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.^[4]
- Kenneth II of Scotland raids England, reaching as far as Yorkshire.^[1]
973
- 11 May - Coronation of King Edgar at Bath.^[3]
- Edgar sails to Chester, and receives homage from the rulers of Alba, Strathclyde, Wales, and the Kingdom of the Isles.^[1]
975
- 8 July - King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his son Edward the Martyr, who is only 12 years old.^[3]
978
- 18 March - King Edward is murdered by the servants of his stepmother Ælfthryth, Queen of England. He is succeeded by his stepbrother Æthelred the Unready.^[3]
980
- Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.^[3]
981
- Danish raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years.^[1]
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]
- The first Danegeld, of £10,000, is paid to the Danes in return for their leaving England.^[3]
993
- Danes raid Northumbria.^[1]
994
- Norse and Danish armies ravage the south-east, but fail to capture London.^[1]
- £16,000 of Danegeld paid.^[1]
- Olaf II of Norway is baptised at Andover, and swears not to return to England.^[1]
995
- Ælfric of Abingdon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 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
- Danes raid Kent, attacking Rochester.^[1]
1000
- English fleet invades the Isle of Man.^[1]
- English invasion of Cumbria fails.^[1]
- Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed.^[1]

Births

909
- 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
939
- 27 October - King Athelstan 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, King of York (born c. 895)
955
- 23 November - King Eadred of England (born c. 923)
958
- Oda the Severe, Archbishop of Canterbury
959
- Aelfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury
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

^ ^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 ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 42–47. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b Morgan, Kenneth O. (1998). The Oxford Popular History of Britain. Parragon. ISBN 0-7525-2572-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 95–104. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.

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