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410
The last Roman left Great Britain.
All Romans had been recalled to Rome and the Emperor Honorious told the people of Britain that they no longer had a connection to Rome and that they should defend themselves. -
Period: 410 to Jan 1, 1194
Early History
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Period: 450 to Jan 1, 750
Britain division
Invasion of the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany.
Britain is divided up into the Seven Kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Essex, Sussex and Kent. -
466
Battle of Wippedesfleot: A battle took place.
The Battle of Wippedesfleot was a battle in 466 between the Anglo-Saxons (or Jutes), led by Hengest, and the Britons. -
500
Ambrosius Aurelianus - British warlord
Ambrosius Aurelianus was a British warlord who commanded the victorious Britons at the Battle of Mons Badonicus. The Saxons had pushed the Britons further and further west unchecked until this battle. The story of King Arthur dates from this period. -
510
The Battle of Mount Badon
British victory over the Saxons -
Jan 1, 664
Synod of Whitby
Oswy abandons the Celtic Christian Church and accepts the faith of Rome: decline of the Celtic Church -
The Saxon leader Hengist arrived in Great Britain.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for the year 449 records that Hengest and Horsa were invited to Britain by Vortigern to assist his forces in fighting the Picts. -
Augustine of Canterbury arrived in Great Britain.
Was Benedictine monk who became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 597. He is considered the "Apostle to the English" and a founder of the English Church. -
Roman general Theodosius drives the Picts and Scots out of Roman Britain
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Battle of Maldon
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Vikings raided Lindisfarne.
In 793, a Viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much consternation throughout the Christian west, and is now often taken as the beginning of the Viking Age. -
Battle of Ethandun
A Viking defeat took place which would result in the Treaty of Wedmore and the establishment of the Danelaw. -
A Danish fleet was captured by Alfred the Great.
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The Danes attack Wessex; are defeated by AEthelred at Ashdown
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Peace of Wedmore
Alfred decisively defeats the Danes at Edington; by the Peace of Wedmore, England is divided between Wessex in the south and the Danes in the north, the Danelaw -
Alfred captures London from the Danes
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Edward the Elder, King of Wessex
He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex. He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd, his sister. -
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the Vicking Age
The Viking Age was a period in European History (succeeding the Germanic Iron Age), especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the late 8th to late 11th centuries.[ -
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Reign of Edward the Elder
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Reing of Alfred the Great
Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the 10th century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred's reputation has been that of a learned and merciful man who encouraged edu
