Events from the 10th century in the

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* 902 ** Irish

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, expelled from

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, establish colonies on The Wirral. * 909 ** King Edward the Elder and his sister, Princess

Æthelflæd Æthelflæd ( – 12 June 918) ruled as Lady of the Mercians in the English Midlands from 911 until her death in 918. She was the eldest child of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. Æthelflæd ...

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, raid Danish

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and bring back the relics of St. Oswald in triumph. Æthelflæd translates them to the new minster in

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, which is renamed St. Oswald's Priory in his honour. ** Edward despatches an

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army to attack the Northumbrian

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and ravages Scandinavian York. ** The Dioceses of Bath and of

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are separated from that of

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, Athelm being appointed first Bishop of Wells and Eadwulf of Crediton. Æthelweard briefly serves as Bishop of Sherborne at about this time. * 910–920 ** Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister,

, Lady of the

ns, conquer most of the Danelaw. * 910 ** 5 August –

Battle of Tettenhall The Battle of Tettenhall (sometimes called the Battle of Wednesfield or Wōdnesfeld) took place, according to the chronicler Æthelweard (historian), Æthelweard, near Tettenhall on 5 August 910. The allied forces of Mercia and Wessex met an a ...

: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, allied with the forces of Mercia, defeats a Northumbrian

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army; Eowils and Halfdan and

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, kings of Northumbria, are killed. * 911 ** Edward transfers London and

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from

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. **

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians Æthelred (died 911) became Lord of the Mercians in England shortly after the death or disappearance of Mercia's last king, Ceolwulf II, in 879. He is also sometimes called the Ealdorman of Mercia. Æthelred's rule was confined to the wester ...

, dies and his wife

takes over rule as Lady of the Mercians. * 912 **

of Mercia begins to establish fortified burhs, including one at

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. * 913 **

rebuilds the ruined town of Tamworth as a burh and capital of Mercia, also establishing a burh at

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. * 914 **

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. ** King Edward occupies

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. **

of Mercia establishes Chirbury and

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as burhs. * 917 ** King Edward captures

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and seizes control of

. All

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south of the

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submit to his rule. * 918 ** 12 June –

of Mercia dies at Tamworth; Edward the Elder takes control of her kingdom. ** Welsh kings pay homage to Edward. ** Second Battle of Corbridge. * 919 ** Ragnall ua Ímair seizes control of the Kingdom of York. * 920 ** Norse Vikings under Sitric Cáech attack

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. ** Constantine II of Scotland, and the kings of

Strathclyde Strathclyde ( in Welsh language, Welsh; in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, meaning 'strath

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of the River Clyde') was one of nine former Local government in Scotland, local government Regions and districts of Scotland, regions of Scotland cre ...

, York, and

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acknowledge Edward the Elder as their overlord. * c. 923 ** Athelm enthroned as

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. * 924 ** 17 July – Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by

Æthelstan Æthelstan or Athelstan (; ; ; ; – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern histori ...

as King of Wessex. * 925 ** 4 September – coronation of Æthelstan as King of Wessex at

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. * 926 ** 8 January – death of Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. He will be succeeded by Wulfhelm. ** 30 January – a sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Edith of Polesworth, is married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of Northumbria and Dublin (died 927), in Tamworth. ** Possible date (or 936?) – Conan is nominated as Bishop of Cornwall by Æthelstan. * 927 ** King

occupies

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following the death of Sitric Cáech. ** 12 July – King

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

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, creating the

, and also secures a pledge from King Constantine II of

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, that he will not ally with the

kings. This summer also Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth and Owain of

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and Gwent submit to the overlordship of Æthelstan at

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. * 928 ** King Æthelstan sets the border between England and

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at the

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. ** King Æthelstan asserts authority over the Cornish, and sets the border of

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at the

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. ** The scribe known as " Æthelstan A" begins to draft royal charters. * 931 ** Æthelstan holds the first Council of All England, at

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. * 933 ** Æthelstan founds Milton Abbey in

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. * 934 ** Æthelstan invades

, reaching as far as

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. * 935 ** Approximate date – Æthelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be "King of All Britain" (''Rex To iusBrit nniae'). * 937 ** Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats Olaf Guthfrithson, the Norse King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of the Cumbrians. In thanksgiving for his victory, on his return Æthelstan grants Beverley Minster collegiate status (according to legend). * 939 ** Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against Otto, King of East Francia. ** 27 October – King Æthelstan dies at Gloucester; he is buried at Malmesbury Abbey and succeeded by his half-brother

Edmund I Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. Af ...

. ** King Olaf Guthfrithson captures York. * 940 ** King Edmund cedes

and the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw to Olaf Guthfrithson. ** 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. * 941 ** King Olaf Guthfrithson dies; Amlaíb Cuarán (Óláfr Sigtryggsson) succeeds him as King of Northumbria. ** 12 February – death of Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. ** Oda enthroned as

. * 942 ** King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs. * 943 ** Vikings take Tamworth. * 944 ** King Edmund takes

from the Vikings. * 945 ** King Edmund invades

Strathclyde Strathclyde ( in Welsh language, Welsh; in Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, meaning 'strath

of the River Clyde') was one of nine former Local government in Scotland, local government Regions and districts of Scotland, regions of Scotland cre ...

, and grants

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to King

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. * 946 ** 26 May – King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England who is crowned on 16 August at Kingston upon Thames. * 947 ** Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader

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to become King of Northumbria. ** First record of

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. * 948 ** King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from

. ** King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria. * 949 ** Óláfr Sigtryggsson returns as King of Northumbria. * 952 ** Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York. ** King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York. * 954 ** Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York, reuniting the kingdom of

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. * 956 ** Dunstan exiled after quarreling with King Eadwig. * 957 ** Dunstan re-founds abbeys at Bath,

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, Malmesbury Abbey, Malmesbury, and Westminster Abbey, Westminster. **

and Northumbria rebel, choosing Edgar the Peaceful, Edgar as King. * 958 ** 2 June – death of Oda of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury. * 959 **Ælfsige enthroned as

but dies en route to Rome. **Byrhthelm (bishop of Wells), Byrhthelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. ** 1 October – King Edy dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful. 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 ** Oswald of Worcester, Saint Oswald becomes Bishop of Worcester; he establishes or re-founds abbeys at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, Evesham, Pershore, and Winchcombe. Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, founds Tavistock Abbey. * 963 ** King Edgar grants legal autonomy to the Danelaw. ** Æthelwold becomes Bishop of Winchester; re-founds abbeys at Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely and (about 966) Peterborough (Medeshamstede). * c. 970 ** ''Regularis Concordia (Winchester), Regularis Concordia'' produced at Winchester. ** 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. * 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. ** Kenneth II of Scotland raids England, reaching as far as Yorkshire. * 973 ** 11 May – coronation of King Edgar at Bath. ** Edgar sails to Chester, and receives homage from the rulers of Alba, Strathclyde, Wales, and the Kingdom of the Isles. ** 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 the Martyr, Edward. * 978 ** 18 March – King Edward is murdered by the servants of his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Ælfthryth at Corfe Castle. He is succeeded by his stepbrother Æthelred the Unready. * 980 ** Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England. * 981 ** 13 February – start of a 7-day procession in which the bones of St Edward the Martyr are Translation (relics), translated from Wareham, Dorset, Wareham to Shaftesbury Abbey, overseen by Dunstan and Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia. ** Viking raids on

, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years. * 985 ** King Æthelred the Unready, Æthelred grants lands at ''Hēatūn'' to Lady Wulfrun by royal charter, thus founding what will become Wolverhampton. * 986 ** Cholsey Abbey, a nunnery, is founded in the upper Thames valley by dowager queen Ælfthryth (wife of Edgar), Ælfthryth. * 988 ** 19 May – death of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. He is succeeded by Æthelgar. * 990 ** 13 February – death of Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury. ** Sigeric the Serious enthroned as

. * 991 ** 1 March – Æthelred signs a treaty with Duke Richard I of Normandy, by which each agrees not to aid the others' enemies. ** August – Norse invasion force sacks Ipswich. ** 10 August – Battle of Maldon: Danes defeat the English army, 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''). * 993 ** Danes raid

, destroying the original fortifications at Bamburgh Castle. * 994 ** Norse and Danish armies ravage the south-east, but fail to capture London. ** £16,000 of Danegeld paid. ** Olaf II of Norway is baptism, baptised at Andover, Hampshire, Andover, and swears not to return to England. * 995 **Ælfric of Abingdon enthroned as

. ** Aldhun, Bishop of Durham, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moves his episcopal see from Chester-le-Street to Durham Cathedral, Durham, to which the remains of Cuthbert, Saint Cuthbert (d. 7th century in England, 687) are translated. ** Ælfric of Eynsham completes his ''Catholic Homilies''. * 997 ** King Æthelred issues a law code at Wantage, defining the legal position in the Danelaw and introducing Jury trial, trial by jury. ** Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English ''Lives of Saints''. * 998 ** Danes raid southern and western coasts. * 999 ** Danes raid Kent, attacking Rochester, Kent, Rochester. * 1000 ** English fleet invades the Isle of Man. ** English invasion of

fails. ** Heroic poem ''The Battle of Maldon'' composed.

Births

* 902 ** Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 988) * 922 ** King Edmund I, Edmund I of England (died 946) * 923 ** King Eadred of England (died 955) * 943/44 ** King Edgar the Peaceful, Edgar of England (died 975) * c. 950 ** Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 994) * c. 955 ** Ælfric of Eynsham, abbot and religious writer (died 1010s in England, 1010) * c. 962 ** King Edward the Martyr (died 978) * 968 ** King Æthelred the Unready (died 1010s in England, 1016)

Deaths

* 902 ** 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 **

* 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 –

, Lady of the Mercians (born c. 870) * 920 or 922 ** Æthelweard (son of Alfred) * 921 ** Ragnall ua Ímair, Norse King of Northumbria and Mann * 924 ** 17 July – Edward the Elder, King of Wessex (born c. 871) ** 2 August – Ælfweard of Wessex, King of Wessex * 926 ** 8 January – Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury * 927 ** Sitric Cáech, Norse King of Northumbria * 939 ** 27 October –

, King of England (born c. 895) * 941 ** 12 February – Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury * 946 ** 26 May – King Edmund I, Edmund I of England (born 922) * 954 **

, Norse King of Northumbria (born c. 895) * 955 ** 23 November – King Eadred of England (born c. 923) * 958 ** Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury * 959 ** Ælfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury * c. 962/3 ** Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia * 971 ** Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon * 973 ** 15 May – Byrhthelm (bishop of Wells), Byrhthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury * 975 ** 8 July – King Edgar the Peaceful, Edgar of England (born c. 943) * 977 ** 30 April–2 May – Sideman (bishop), 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 – Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury * 994 ** 28 October – Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 950)

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