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Political and Technological Developments Through Time [4-18]
United Kingdom
878 AD - Wessex is overrun by Vikings and King Alfred goes into hiding
886 AD - Alfred, king of Wessex, agrees a treaty with Vikings to divide England
899 AD (October) - Alfred the Great of Wessex dies and is succeeded by his son Edward the Elder
918 AD - Ethelflaed, the ‘lady of the Mercians’, dies at the height of her power
919 AD - Vikings rout an alliance of northern Ireland’s kings, killing many of them
937 AD - Athelstan of Wessex destroys the Viking and Scottish armies at Brunaburh
939 AD - Athelstan, first king of all England dies
946 AD - Edmund of England is stabbed to death in a brawl
950 AD - Welsh king Hywel Dda ‘the good’ dies
954 AD - Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king in England, is forced out of Yorvik (York)
960 AD - Dunstan becomes archbishop of Canterbury
973 AD - Edgar is crowned king of England at Bath, 14 years after taking power
978 AD - Edward the Martyr, king of England is murdered
991 AD - Byrthtnoth, the chief magistrate of Essex, dies fighting the Vikings
1013 AD - Swein Forkbeard forces Ethelred the unready in exile
1014 AD - Brian Boru is killed at the Battle of Clontarf
1016 AD - Cnut of Denmark becomes King of the English
1018 AD - Malcolm II of Scotland defeats the Northumbrians at the Battle of Carham
1040 AD - Macbeth defeats Duncan I of Scotland and makes himself king
1042 AD - Edward the Confessor becomes king of England
1051 AD - Edward the Confessor exiles the powerful nobleman, Earl Godwin of Wessex
1066 AD (06 Jan) - Edward the Confessor dies and is succeed by Harold Godwinson
- (Sept) - Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, invades England~
- (20 Sept) - Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, defeats the English at the Battle of Fulford
- (25 Sept) - Harold II defeats and kills Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford bridge
- (28 Sept) - William of Normandy lands at Pevensey on the south coast of England
- (14 Oct) - William of Normandy defeats and kills Harold II at Hastings
- (25 Dec) - William of Normandy is crowned king of England
1070 AD - William the Conqueror subdues the north of England
- First Norman stone castle is built in Wales
1076 AD - (31 May) - ‘Revolt of the Earls’ ends with the execution of Walthof, Earl of Northumbria
1077 AD - Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the Battle of Hastings is completed
1085 AD - (Christmas) Domesday Book is instituted to survey the English lands of William the Conqueror
1086 AD - (01 Aug) - Landholders swear loyalty to William the Conqueror at Salisbury
1087 AD - (09 Sept) - William the Conqueror dies at Rouen, Normandy
- (26 Sept) - William II is crowned at Westminster Abbey
1088 AD - (02 Nov) - William defeats the rebellion against him
1089 AD - (28 May) - Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1091 AD - (July) - Malcolm Canmore, king of Scotland, invades England
1093 AD - (06 Mar) - Anselm of bec becomes archbishop of Canterbury
- (11 Aug) - Work begins on a new cathedral church at Durham
- (16 Nov) - Margaret, Queen of Scotland, dies at Edinburgh Castle
1096 AD - Oxford University is founded
- (Sept) - William II takes custody of Normandy for three years
1097 AD - (08 Nov) - Anslem, Archbishop of Canterbury leaves England after a row with William II
1100 AD - (02 Aug) - William II is killed while hunting in the New Forest
1101 AD - (20 Jul) - Robert, Duke of Normandy, invades England
886 AD - Alfred, king of Wessex, agrees a treaty with Vikings to divide England
899 AD (October) - Alfred the Great of Wessex dies and is succeeded by his son Edward the Elder
918 AD - Ethelflaed, the ‘lady of the Mercians’, dies at the height of her power
919 AD - Vikings rout an alliance of northern Ireland’s kings, killing many of them
937 AD - Athelstan of Wessex destroys the Viking and Scottish armies at Brunaburh
939 AD - Athelstan, first king of all England dies
946 AD - Edmund of England is stabbed to death in a brawl
950 AD - Welsh king Hywel Dda ‘the good’ dies
954 AD - Eric Bloodaxe, the last Viking king in England, is forced out of Yorvik (York)
960 AD - Dunstan becomes archbishop of Canterbury
973 AD - Edgar is crowned king of England at Bath, 14 years after taking power
978 AD - Edward the Martyr, king of England is murdered
991 AD - Byrthtnoth, the chief magistrate of Essex, dies fighting the Vikings
1013 AD - Swein Forkbeard forces Ethelred the unready in exile
1014 AD - Brian Boru is killed at the Battle of Clontarf
1016 AD - Cnut of Denmark becomes King of the English
1018 AD - Malcolm II of Scotland defeats the Northumbrians at the Battle of Carham
1040 AD - Macbeth defeats Duncan I of Scotland and makes himself king
1042 AD - Edward the Confessor becomes king of England
1051 AD - Edward the Confessor exiles the powerful nobleman, Earl Godwin of Wessex
1066 AD (06 Jan) - Edward the Confessor dies and is succeed by Harold Godwinson
- (Sept) - Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, invades England~
- (20 Sept) - Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, defeats the English at the Battle of Fulford
- (25 Sept) - Harold II defeats and kills Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford bridge
- (28 Sept) - William of Normandy lands at Pevensey on the south coast of England
- (14 Oct) - William of Normandy defeats and kills Harold II at Hastings
- (25 Dec) - William of Normandy is crowned king of England
1070 AD - William the Conqueror subdues the north of England
- First Norman stone castle is built in Wales
1076 AD - (31 May) - ‘Revolt of the Earls’ ends with the execution of Walthof, Earl of Northumbria
1077 AD - Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the Battle of Hastings is completed
1085 AD - (Christmas) Domesday Book is instituted to survey the English lands of William the Conqueror
1086 AD - (01 Aug) - Landholders swear loyalty to William the Conqueror at Salisbury
1087 AD - (09 Sept) - William the Conqueror dies at Rouen, Normandy
- (26 Sept) - William II is crowned at Westminster Abbey
1088 AD - (02 Nov) - William defeats the rebellion against him
1089 AD - (28 May) - Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1091 AD - (July) - Malcolm Canmore, king of Scotland, invades England
1093 AD - (06 Mar) - Anselm of bec becomes archbishop of Canterbury
- (11 Aug) - Work begins on a new cathedral church at Durham
- (16 Nov) - Margaret, Queen of Scotland, dies at Edinburgh Castle
1096 AD - Oxford University is founded
- (Sept) - William II takes custody of Normandy for three years
1097 AD - (08 Nov) - Anslem, Archbishop of Canterbury leaves England after a row with William II
1100 AD - (02 Aug) - William II is killed while hunting in the New Forest
1101 AD - (20 Jul) - Robert, Duke of Normandy, invades England
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