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History of England
0714
Succession
Pevensey
Rules in East
Sussex
Pevensey
Succeeds as King of the South Saxons, a client King of Ine of
Wessex
0722
Invasion of Sussex
Sussex
Athelstan
refuses to co-operate with Ine & a 3 yr war ensues
Sussex
Ine invades East
Sussex
to capture Ealdbert
0825
Succession
East Anglia
Succeeds as King of East Anglia
0829
Rule of East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia comes under the influence of
Wessex
0839
Succession
Kent
Succeeds as King of Kent
0851
Battle of Sandwich
Sandwich
Defeats the
Danish
fleet off
Sandwich
0895
Birth
Wessex
Birth
of Athelstan, son of
Edward
the
Elder
& grandson of
Alfred
the
Great
0924
Coronation
5th Sep Kingston
Crowned at
Kings
ton-on-Thames by
Archbishop
Wulfstan
0924
Succession
Wessex
Succeeds as King of Wessext
0927
Capture of Northumbria
Northumbria
Captures Northumbria, becomes the 1st King of all of
England
0927
Capture of York
York
Recaptures York
0927
Conference of Eamont
12th July Eamont
Constantine
of
Scotland
,
Owain
of Gwent & Hywell of
Strathclyde
pay homage
0928
Capture of York
York
Guthfrith is captured & the Norse
Kingdom
of York collapses
York
York is razed to the ground
0928
Economy
Mints 30 coins & decrees that there can only be 1 currency in
Britain
0928
Reform
Mints 30 coins & decrees that there can only be 1 currency in
Britain
0928
Siege of York
York
York is razed to the ground
0934
Invasion of Scotland
Athelstan
attacks the east coast of
Scotland
& reaches
Fordun
in the Mearns
Athelstan
commands "a great army and fleet" into
Scotland
and lays waste to the country
0937
Battle of Brananburgh
Brananburgh
A notable victory for
Athelstan
and his brother
Edmund
over Constantine, AmlaĦb and
Owain
Brananburgh
Defeats
Constantine
II, the Norse from
Dublin
& the King of
Strathclyde
0937
Constitution
Establishes the "Kingdom of
England
"
0939
Battle of York
York
Re-captures York from the
Danes
0939
Death
27th Oct Wessex
Death
of
Athelstan
0940
Invasion of England
Wessex
A
Danish
King establishes himself at York
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