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| 0954 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Alfege |
| 0984 | Abbot | |
| Winchester Appointed Bishop of Winchester, as a result of a vision sent to St Dunstan |
| 1006 | Archbishop | |
| Canterbury Becomes the 29th Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1011 | Assassination | |
| Greenwich A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfege's blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London |
| Greenwich At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| 1011 | Death | |
| Greenwich A miracle is reported, a wooden Danish oar dipped in Alfege's blood had sprouted, as a result, his body is taken to St Paul's Cathedral in the city of London |
| Greenwich At a feast on Easter Day Alfege is bludgeoned with ox bones and the hafts of their axes until one of the Danes,out of compassion, kill him by a single blow to the head with his axe |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Greenwich "He who dies for Justice dies for God", these words are engraved on a slab just in front of the Sanctuary of St Alfege Church, at the very place where he was martyred |
| 1011 | Ransom | |
| Greenwich Held for six months, a ransom of œ3,000 is demanded, nowing that his people are unable to afford this huge sum, Alfege refuses to let them pay, and the captors carry out their threat to kill him |
| Greenwich The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
| 1011 | Siege of Canterbury | |
| Canterbury Alfege, betrayed by one of his own monks, is captured and taken in one of their ships round the Kent coast and up the River Thames to Greenwich |
| Canterbury The Kent coast is subject to raids from Danish pirates, and in 1011 they besiege to the City of Canterbury |
| 1023 | Burial | |
| 15th June Canterbury Alfege's body is moved by King Canute to Canterbury Cathedral and placed beneath the North side of the High Altar; a memorial slab now marks the spot where his tomb was |
| 1023 | Death | |
| 19th April Canterbury The anniversary of Alfege's martyrdom (St Alfege's Day) is 19 April |
| 15th June Canterbury Alfege's body is moved by King Canute to Canterbury Cathedral and placed beneath the North side of the High Altar; a memorial slab now marks the spot where his tomb was |
| 1078 | Cannonization of Alfege | |
| Canterbury Alfege is canonized, two churchmen, Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm agree that sainthood had been achieved in the cause of divine justice |
| Canterbury Lanfranc and Anselm remember Alfege's last known words, to the Danish cries of "Give us gold", he had replied, "The gold I give you is the Word of God" |
| 1078 | Death | |
| Canterbury Alfege is canonized, two churchmen, Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm agree that sainthood had been achieved in the cause of divine justice |
