ANGLO-SAXONS

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  • 1066 BCE

    Edward the Confessor’s death

    King Edward dies and the Normans defeat Anglo-Saxons
  • Period: 673 BCE to 735 BCE

    Venerable Bede

    ‘The Father of English Literature’ wrote the clearest account of early Anglo-Saxon times.
  • King Ethelbert
    600 BCE

    King Ethelbert

    King Ethelbert became one of the most powerful kings in England and the first known to became Christian.
  • Saint Augustine brings Christianity to England
    597 BCE

    Saint Augustine brings Christianity to England

    From Rome, Saint Augustine arrives to convert the King Ethelbert of Kent into Christianity and is given money to build a chruch.
  • First invasion of the Saxons, Jutes and Angles
    450 BCE

    First invasion of the Saxons, Jutes and Angles

    Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms
  • Period: 449 BCE to 1066 BCE

    ANGLO-SAXONS