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| Battle of Ashingdon Aelfric | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Killed by the Danes at the English defeat of Ashingdon |
| Battle of Ashingdon Aethelweard | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Killed by the Danes at the English defeat of Ashingdon |
| Battle of Ashingdon Canute I | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Canute & Edmund agree to jointlyruleEngland after the battle of Ashingdon |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Defeats Edmund Ironside |
18th Oct Ashingdon Leads to atreaty granting Edmund II Wessex while Canute holds the rest of England |
| Battle of Ashingdon Eadnoth | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Killed by the Danes at the English defeat of Ashingdon |
| Battle of Ashingdon Edmund II Ironside | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Canute & Edmund agree to jointlyruleEngland after the battle of Ashingdon |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Defeated by Canute who disputes Edmund's claim to the throne |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Eadric & the Mercians desert the battle & Edmund faces defeat |
| Battle of Ashingdon Eodwine | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Killed by the Danes at the English defeat of Ashingdon |
| Battle of Ashingdon Ulfcytel | |
18th Oct Ashingdon Killed by the Danes at the English defeat of Ashingdon |
| Battle of Otford Edmund II Ironside | |
Otford The Danes cross the Thames & raid Kent, they are defeated by Edmund at Otford |
| Birth Casimir I | |
| Birth of Casimir I, son of Mieszko II |
| Birth Ferdinand I | |
| Birth of Ferdinand I, son of Sancho III Garces of Navarre |
| Burial Edmund II Ironside | |
| Dec Glastonbury Buried with King Edgar at Glastonbury |
| Burial Ethelred II the Unready | |
| 23rd April St Pauls Buried in St Paul's chapel "after a life of much hardship & many difficulties" |
| Capture Edmund II Ironside | |
| Mercia Allies with the Earl of Northumbria & conquers Mercia |
| Capture Malcolm II | |
Lothian Malcolm II captures Lothian from the English after the battle of Carham |
| Coronation Canute I | |
| London Crowned King of Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria & East Anglia, divided into Earldoms |
| Coronation Edmund II Ironside | |
| 23rd April St Pauls Crowned at St Paul's Cathedral |
| Death Edmund II Ironside | |
| 30th Nov Death of Edmund II, on St Andrew's day, fighting Canute |
| Death Ethelred II the Unready | |
| April Dies while fighting the Viking invaders |
| Independence Olaf II | |
Overthrows Danish rule, declares Norwegianindependence & reinstates Christianity |
| Marriage Canute I | |
| Sets aside his mistress Aelgifu & contracts a marriage with Ethelred's widow Emma |
| Marriage Emma of Normandy | |
| Ethelred II dies & Emma marries his successor Canute I |
| Marriage Conrad II | |
| Swabia Marries Gisela, widow of the Duke of Swabia |
| Peace Canute I | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| Peace Edmund II Ironside | |
| Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| Rule of London Canute I | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| Rule of Lothian Malcolm II | |
Lothian The battle of Carham is a victory for the Scottish king Malcolm II and the battle is thought to have strengthened Scotland 's hold on Lothian |
| Rule of Wessex Canute I | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| Nov Wessex Edmund dies & Wessex accepts Canute as its ruler |
| Rule of Wessex Edmund II Ironside | |
Wessex Agrees to divide the Kingdom of England with Canute after the battle of Ashingdon |
| Siege of London Edmund II Ironside | |
London Edmund tries to raise the Danish siege but is forced back to Wessex |
London The Danes lay siege to London after Edmund unites Wessex against them |
| Succession Canute I | |
Elected King of England by the Witan of Southampton |
Succeeds as King of England , sole ruler after the death of Edmund |
30th Nov Elected by the witan as King of all England on the death of Edmund Ironside |
| Succession Edmund II Ironside | |
23rd April Succeeds as King of England |
| 23rd April London Chosen as King by the people of London |
| 23rd April London Eldest surviving son of Ethelred |
| Succession Go-Ichijo | |
Succeeds as Emperor of Japan |