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| 0995 | Birth |  |
| London Birth of Canute I, son of King Sweyn & Princess Gunhild |
| 1013 | Capture | |
| 25th Dec London After London surrenders to Sweyn Canute rules over all of England |
| 1014 | Exile | |
| Driven to the safety of Denmark on the return of Ethelred to England from France |
| 1014 | Exile of Canute I | |
| Returns from exile & is crowned King after his father's death by the Viking army |
| 1014 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Denmark |
| 1015 | Invasion of England | |
| Canute captures all of England except for London |
| Conquers Wessex, Mercia & Northumbria, defeating Edmund Ironside |
| 1016 | Battle of Ashingdon | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Canute & Edmund agree to jointly rule England after the battle of Ashingdon |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Defeats Edmund Ironside |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Leads to a treaty granting Edmund II Wessex while Canute holds the rest of England |
| 1016 | Coronation | |
| London Crowned King of Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria & East Anglia, divided into Earldoms |
| 1016 | Marriage | |
| Sets aside his mistress Aelgifu & contracts a marriage with Ethelred's widow Emma |
| 1016 | Peace | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| 1016 | Rule of London | |
| 18th Oct Ashingdon Wessex will be ruled by Edmund & London & the east will be ruled by Canute |
| 1016 | Rule of Wessex | |
| 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 |
| 1016 | Succession | |
| 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 |
| 1017 | Constitution | |
| Divides England into four Earldoms |
| 1017 | Conversion | |
| Canute I becomes a Chris tian after marrying Emma |
| 1017 | Coronation | |
| 6th Jan St Pauls Crowned at St Paul's cathedral |
| 1017 | Marriage | |
| Marries Emma of Normandy, Ethelred II's widow & stepmother of Edmund |
| 1018 | Peace | |
| Orders all but 40 of his ships return to Denmark now there is peace in England |
| 1018 | Succession | |
| Agrees to uphold the Chris tian faith |
| Becomes King of England under the laws of King Eadred |
| Succeeds as King of Denmark |
| Oxford The Oxford Council agrees terms for Canute's succession |
| 1019 | Invasion of Denmark | |
| With a fleet of only 9 ships establishes himself as ruler of Denmark |
| 1027 | Coronation | |
| Attends the coronation of Emeror Conrad II |
| Rome Attends the coronation of Emeror Conrad II |
| 1027 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Compels King Malcolm to pay a homage |
| 1028 | Capture | |
| Canute captures Norway avenging his defeat 2 yrs ago by the kings of Norway & Sweden |
| 1028 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Norway |
| 1030 | Battle of Stikelstad | |
| Stikelstad Canute kills Olaf Haraldson, King of Norway, & captures Norway |
| 1031 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Canute arrives in Scotland & drives the Scottish Kings into temporary submission |
| 1031 | Rule of Scotland | |
| London Canute arrives in Scotland & drives the Scottish Kings into temporary submission |
| 1035 | Burial | |
| Winchester Buried at Winchester Cathedral |
| 1035 | Death | |
| 12th Nov Shafstbury Death of Canute |
| 1035 | Invasion of England | |
| 12th Nov Shafstbury Canute's sons are unable to hold England & the Norwegians are break away from Denmark |
| 1035 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Denmark |
| 12th Nov Shafstbury Caute leaves a legitimate, Harthacnut, & an illegitimate son, Harold Harefoot |
