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August 28, 2023

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

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  1. ^ 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; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 42–47. ISBN 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  2. ^ Heighway, Carolyn (2001). "Gloucester and the new minister of St Oswald". In Higham, N. J.; Hill, D. H. (eds.). Edward the Elder 899-924. Routledge. p. 108.
  3. ^ Haywood, John (1995). Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Penguin Books. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-140-51328-8.
  4. ^ 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 978-0-304-35730-7.
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  7. ^ "Silver coin of Athelstan". British Museum. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  8. ^ "History Timeline". Beverley Minster. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Wilkinson, Joe (2016-07-12). "Experts locate the oldest oak of Britain". ProArb. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
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Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England 10th century in EnglandOther years9th century 10th century 1000s 1010s 1020s 1030s Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 ReferencesEvents Edit902 Irish Norsemen expelled from Dublin establish colonies on The Wirral 1 909 King Edward the Elder and his sister Princess AEthelflaed of Mercia raid Danish East Anglia and bring back the relics of St Oswald in triumph AEthelflaed translates them to the new minster in Gloucester which is renamed St Oswald s Priory in his honour 2 Edward despatches an Anglo Saxon army to attack the Northumbrian Vikings and ravages Scandinavian York 3 The Dioceses of Bath and of Crediton are separated from that of Sherborne Athelm being appointed first Bishop of Wells and Eadwulf of Crediton AEthelweard briefly serves as Bishop of Sherborne at about this time 910 920 Edward the Elder King of Wessex and his sister AEthelflaed Lady of the Mercians conquer most of the Danelaw 4 910 5 August Battle of Tettenhall Edward the Elder King of Wessex allied with the forces of Mercia defeats a Northumbrian Viking army Eowils and Halfdan and Ingwaer kings of Northumbria are killed 5 911 Edward transfers London and Oxford from Mercia to Wessex 1 AEthelred Lord of the Mercians dies and his wife AEthelflaed takes over rule as Lady of the Mercians 912 AEthelflaed of Mercia begins to establish fortified burhs including one at Bridgnorth 913 AEthelflaed rebuilds the ruined town of Tamworth as a burh and capital of Mercia also establishing a burh at Stafford 914 AEthelflaed of Mercia establishes Eddisbury and Warwick as burhs 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 AEthelflaed of Mercia establishes Chirbury and Runcorn as burhs 917 King Edward captures Derby and seizes control of East Anglia All Danes south of the Humber submit to his rule 1 918 12 June AEthelflaed of Mercia dies at Tamworth Edward the Elder takes control of her kingdom 1 Welsh kings pay homage to Edward 1 Second Battle of Corbridge 919 Ragnall ua Imair seizes control of the Kingdom of York 1 920 Norse Vikings under Sitric Caech 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 AEthelstan as King of Wessex 5 925 4 September coronation of AEthelstan as King of Wessex 1 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 AEthelstan perhaps Edith of Polesworth is married to Sitric Caech the squint eyed Norse King of Northumbria and Dublin died 927 in Tamworth 6 7 Possible date or 936 Conan is nominated as Bishop of Cornwall by AEthelstan 927 King AEthelstan occupies York 1 following the death of Sitric Caech 12 July King AEthelstan of Wessex claims his kingdom and receives the submission of High Reeve Ealdred I of Bamburgh and probably also of Owain ap Dyfnwal King of Strathclyde at Eamont Bridge He unifies the various small kingdoms of the Anglo Saxon Heptarchy creating the Kingdom of England and also secures a pledge from King Constantine II of Scotland that he will not ally with the Viking kings 1 This summer also Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Owain of Glywysing and Gwent submit to the overlordship of AEthelstan at Hereford 928 King AEthelstan sets the border between England and Wales at the River Wye 1 King AEthelstan asserts authority over the Cornish and sets the border of Cornwall at the River Tamar 1 The scribe known as AEthelstan A begins to draft royal charters 931 AEthelstan holds the first Council of All England at Colchester 1 933 AEthelstan founds Milton Abbey in Dorset 934 AEthelstan invades Scotland reaching as far as Caithness 1 935 Approximate date AEthelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be King of All Britain Rex To tius Brit anniae 1 8 937 Battle of Brunanburh King AEthelstan defeats Olaf Guthfrithson the Norse King of Dublin Constantine II King of Scots and Owain ap Dyfnwal King of the Cumbrians 5 In thanksgiving for his victory on his return AEthelstan grants Beverley Minster collegiate status according to legend 9 939 Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against Otto King of East Francia 1 27 October King AEthelstan dies at Gloucester he is buried at Malmesbury Abbey and succeeded by his half brother Edmund I 5 King Olaf Guthfrithson captures York 1 940 King Edmund cedes Northumbria and the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw to Olaf Guthfrithson 5 King Edmund summons Dunstan to his court where he becomes a favourite and appoints him Abbot of Glastonbury where he initiates English Benedictine Reform and revival 1 941 King Olaf Guthfrithson dies Amlaib Cuaran olafr Sigtryggsson succeeds him as King of Northumbria 1 12 February death of Wulfhelm Archbishop of Canterbury Oda enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury 942 King Edmund re captures the Five Boroughs 1 943 Vikings take Tamworth 10 944 King Edmund takes York from the Vikings 5 945 King Edmund invades Strathclyde and grants Cumbria to King Malcolm I of Scotland 1 946 26 May King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England 5 who is crowned on 16 August at Kingston upon Thames 947 Wulfstan I Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of Northumbria 1 First record of Horsham 948 King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from Northumbria 5 King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria 1 949 olafr Sigtryggsson returns as King of Northumbria 1 952 Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York 5 King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York 1 954 Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York 5 reuniting the kingdom of Northumbria with that of England under the administration of Osulf I of Bamburgh 955 23 November King Eadred dies at Frome and is succeeded by his nephew Eadwig 5 956 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 as King 1 958 2 June death of Oda of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury 959 AElfsige 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 5 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 961 Saint Oswald becomes Bishop of Worcester he establishes or re founds abbeys at Ramsey Cambridgeshire Evesham Pershore and Winchcombe 1 Ordgar Ealdorman of Devon founds Tavistock Abbey 963 King Edgar grants legal autonomy to the Danelaw 1 AEthelwold becomes Bishop of Winchester re founds abbeys at Ely and about 966 Peterborough Medeshamstede 1 c 970 Regularis Concordia produced at Winchester 4 Oak tree begins growing in what will become Blenheim Park in Oxfordshire which will still be living in the second decade of the 21st century 11 971 15 July the planned removal of the body of Saint Swithun during the re building of Winchester Cathedral is delayed by 40 days due to rain 12 Kenneth II of Scotland raids England reaching as far as Yorkshire 1 973 11 May coronation of King Edgar at Bath 5 Edgar sails to Chester and receives homage from the rulers of Alba Strathclyde Wales and the Kingdom of the Isles 1 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 5 978 18 March King Edward is murdered by the servants of his stepmother Queen AElfthryth at Corfe Castle He is succeeded by his stepbrother AEthelred the Unready 5 980 Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England 5 981 13 February start of a 7 day procession in which the bones of St Edward the Martyr are translated from Wareham to Shaftesbury Abbey overseen by Dunstan and AElfhere Ealdorman of Mercia 13 Viking raids on Dorset Devon and Cornwall begin and continue for a further seven years 1 985 King AEthelred grants lands at Heatun to Lady Wulfrun by royal charter thus founding what will become Wolverhampton 14 15 986 Cholsey Abbey a nunnery is founded in the upper Thames valley by dowager queen AElfthryth 988 19 May death of Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury He is succeeded by AEthelgar 990 13 February death of AEthelgar Archbishop of Canterbury Sigeric the Serious enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury 991 1 March AEthelred 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 5 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 5 993 Danes raid Northumbria 1 destroying the original fortifications at Bamburgh Castle 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 AElfric of Abingdon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury Aldhun Bishop of Lindisfarne moves his episcopal see from Chester le Street to Durham to which the remains of Saint Cuthbert d 687 are translated AElfric of Eynsham completes his Catholic Homilies 1 997 King AEthelred issues a law code at Wantage defining the legal position in the Danelaw and introducing trial by jury 1 AElfric 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 Edit902 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 c 962 King Edward the Martyr died 978 968 King AEthelred the Unready died 1016 Deaths Edit902 5 December Ealhswith queen consort of Alfred the Great 904 John the Old Saxon Abbot of Athelney approximate date 908 Denewulf Bishop of Winchester 909 approximate date Asser Bishop of Sherborne and scholar Wighelm probable Bishop of Selsey 911 AEthelred Lord of the Mercians 912 Wilferth Bishop of Lichfield approximate date 913 Eadwulf II of Northumbria killed 914 or 923 2 August Plegmund Archbishop of Canterbury 915 Cutheard of Lindisfarne bishop approximate date 917 Guthrum II presumed king of East Anglia 918 12 June AEthelflaed Lady of the Mercians born c 870 920 or 922 AEthelweard son of Alfred 921 Ragnall ua Imair Norse King of Northumbria and Mann 924 17 July Edward the Elder King of Wessex born c 871 2 August AElfweard of Wessex King of Wessex 926 8 January Athelm Archbishop of Canterbury 927 Sitric Caech Norse King of Northumbria 939 27 October AEthelstan King 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 Norse King of Northumbria born c 895 955 23 November King Eadred of England born c 923 958 Oda Archbishop of Canterbury 959 AElfsige Archbishop of Canterbury c 962 3 AEthelwald Ealdorman of East Anglia 971 Ordgar Ealdorman of Devon 973 15 May Byrhthelm Archbishop of Canterbury 975 8 July King Edgar of England born c 943 977 30 April 2 May Sideman Bishop of Crediton 978 18 March King Edward the Martyr born c 962 988 Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury born c 909 990 13 February AEthelgar Archbishop of Canterbury 994 28 October Sigeric the Serious Archbishop of Canterbury born c 950 References Edit 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 Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History London Century Ltd pp 42 47 ISBN 978 0 7126 5616 0 Heighway Carolyn 2001 Gloucester and the new minister of St Oswald In Higham N J Hill D H eds Edward the Elder 899 924 Routledge p 108 Haywood John 1995 Historical Atlas of the Vikings Penguin Books p 68 ISBN 978 0 140 51328 8 a b Morgan Kenneth O 1998 The Oxford Popular History of Britain Parragon ISBN 978 0 7525 2572 3 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 amp Nicolson pp 95 104 ISBN 978 0 304 35730 7 Smith Christine Who Was St Editha Archived from the original on 2012 10 19 Retrieved 2012 02 23 Sihtric Norse King of York Medieval People TimeRef Archived from the original on 2012 05 24 Retrieved 2012 02 23 Silver coin of Athelstan British Museum Retrieved 2014 03 25 History Timeline Beverley Minster Retrieved 2016 12 24 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 Wilkinson Joe 2016 07 12 Experts locate the oldest oak of Britain ProArb Retrieved 2023 03 12 Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 2006 ISBN 978 0 14 102715 9 St Edward the Martyr Catholic Encyclopedia Robert Appleton Company 1909 Retrieved 2007 09 21 Kemble John Mitchell Codex Diplomaticus AEvi Saxoni no 650 Jones Jenny Lady Wulfruna Wolverhampton s Founding Mother Wolverhampton History and Heritage Society Retrieved 2014 03 03 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 10th century in England amp oldid 1144280946, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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