History and chronology of Edward the Elder in England

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Subjects
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General

House Wessex
Rebellion
Viking Invasions

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Battle Holne
Battle Tettenhall
Burial
Capture
Constitution
Coronation
County Courts
Death
Declaration War
Rebellion
Rule Mercia
Rule Wessex
Siege Nottingham
Siege York
Succession
Surrender
Unification

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Colchester
East Anglia
Farndon
Holne
London
Mercia
Nottingham
Passenham
Tettenhall
Tork
Wessex
Winchester

Edward the Elder History of England


0896	Surrender
Wessex During the campaign of 892-896 drives the Danes back across the Thames
0899	Rebellion
Re-captures south east England & the Midlands from the Danes
0899	Rule of Mercia
Mercia Unites Wessex & Mercia
0899	Rule of Wessex
Wessex Unites Wessex & Mercia
0899	Succession
Wessex Succeeds as King of Wessex
Wessex Succeeds his father, Alfred the Great, after being elected King
0900	Constitution
England is divided into shires, with county courts to safeguard civil rights
0900	Coronation
8th June London Crowned at Kings ton-on-Thames, Kings ton is named after the ancient coronation stone
0900	County Courts
England is divided into shires, with county courts to safeguard civil rights
0901	Succession
Wessex Proclaims himself "King of the Anglo Saxons"
Wessex Succeeds as King of Wessex
0903	Battle of Holne
Holne Edward's Kentish Allies kill King Aetholwold, King Eohric & most Danish war leaders
0910	Battle of Tettenhall
Tettenhall Defeats the Danes
0910	Siege of York
Tork Launches a siege to recapture York
0917	Capture
Colchester Captures Colchester from the Danes
Mercia Edward the Elder & his sister Athelflaed recapture Mercia from the Danes
Colchester Leads a joint force from Kent, Surrey, Essex & frontier Burhs of the sth east
East Anglia Recaptures East Anglia from the Danes
0917	Declaration of War
Passenham Raises forces at Passenham on Watling Street to declare war on the Danes
0919	Capture
Nottingham Unites Mercia & Wessex & creates an England with English & Danes as joint subjects
0919	Rule of Mercia
Mercia After taking direct control of Mercia soon after Ethelfleda's death, Edward the Elder forces Ragnall to acknowledge his rule
0919	Siege of Nottingham
Nottingham Unites Mercia & Wessex & creates an England with English & Danes as joint subjects
0919	Unification
Nottingham Unites Mercia & Wessex & creates an England with English & Danes as joint subjects
0924	Burial
July Winchester Buried in Winchester
0924	Death
17th July Farndon Death of Edward the Elder