10th century in England
Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England.
Events
- 902
- 909
- 910–920
- 910
- 911
- 912
- 913
- 914
- 915
- 917
- 918
- 919
- 920
- c. 923
- 924
- 17 July - Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by Æthelstan as King of Wessex.[3]
- 925
- 4 September - Coronation of Æthelstan as King of Wessex.[1]
- 926
- 927
- 928
- King Æthelstan asserts authority over the Welsh kings, and sets the border of Wales at the River Wye.[1]
- King Æthelstan asserts authority over Cornish, and sets the border of Cornwall at the River Tamar.[1]
- 931
- Æthelstan holds the first Council of All England, at Colchester.[1]
- 933
- 934
- 935
- Approximate date - Æthelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be "King of All Britain" (Rex To[tius] Brit[anniae]).[1][6]
- 937
- 939
- Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against the Germans.[1]
- King Æthelstan dies and is succeeded by his brother Edmund I of England.[3]
- The Norse-Gael King of Dublin Olaf III Guthfrithsson captures York.[1]
- 940
- King Edmund cedes Northumbria and the Five Boroughs to Olaf Guthfrithsson.[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
- 942
- King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs.[1]
- 943
- 944
- King Edmund takes York from the Vikings.[3]
- 945
- 946
- 26 May - King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England.[3]
- 947
- 948
- King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from Northumbria.[3]
- King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria.[1]
- 949
- 952
- Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York.[3]
- King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York.[1]
- 954
- Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York,[3] 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.[3]
- 956
- Dunstan exiled after quarreling with King Eadwig.[1]
- 957
- 958
- 959
- 960
- 961
- 963
- c. 970
- 971
- 973
- 975
- 8 July - King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son Edward.[3]
- 978
- 980
- Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.[3]
- 981
- Viking raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years.[1]
- 985
- 988
- 990
- 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] whose leader, Byrhtnoth, is killed.
- The first Danegeld, of £10,000, is paid to the Danes in return for their leaving England (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).[3]
- 993
- Danes raid Northumbria.[1]
- 994
- 995
- 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
- 1000
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
- 962
- 968
Deaths
- 923
- 924
- 926
- Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 927
- 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
- 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
- 988
- Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 909)
- 990
- 13 February - Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 994
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 42–47. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morgan, Kenneth O. (1998). The Oxford Popular History of Britain. Parragon. ISBN 978-0-7525-2572-3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 95–104. ISBN 978-0-304-35730-7.
- ↑ Smith, Christine. "Who Was St. Editha?". Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ↑ "Sihtric (Norse King of York)". Medieval People. TimeRef. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ↑ "Silver coin of Athelstan". British Museum. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
- ↑ Swanton, Michael, ed. (1996). "Ms. D, s.a. 943". The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. New York: Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-415-92129-9. OCLC 214956905.
- ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-102715-9.
- ↑ Kemble, John Mitchell. Codex Diplomaticus Ævi Saxoni no. 650.
- ↑ Jones, Jenny. "Lady Wulfruna: Wolverhampton's Founding Mother". Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
See also
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