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| 0560 | Conversion |  |
| Kent Bertha, a Chris tian, is allowed to bring her chaplain to Kent & practice her religion |
| Kent Kent becomes the 1st Anglo-Saxon christian kingdom |
| 0560 | Marriage | |
| Kent Bertha, a Chris tian, is allowed to bring her chaplain to Kent & practice her religion |
| Kent Marries Bertha a Frankish Princess of the Merovingian King of Paris Caribert I |
| 0560 | Succession | |
| Kent Grandson of Hengest, forms the 1st Anglo-Saxon Kingdom |
| Kent Succeeds as King of Wessex, recently re-united |
| 0568 | Defeat | |
| Kent Defeated by the West Saxons |
| 0596 | Conversion | |
| Kent Hosts St Augustine, sent by Gregory I to convert Anglo-Saxons to Chris tianity |
| 0597 | Conversion | |
| Kent Baptized by St Augustine & becomes the 1st Chris tian ruler of Anglo-Saxon England |
| 0597 | Succession | |
| Kent Becomes Overlord of Southern England |
| 0858 | Rule of Wessex | |
| Wessex Ethelbert's brother, Aethulwulf, rules west of Wessex |
| 0858 | Succession | |
| Kent Succeeds to the eastern half of Wessex i.e. Sussex, Kent & Essex |
| 0863 | Siege of Southampton | |
| Southampton The Vikings sack the Wessex capital of Winchester after moving from Southampton Water |
| 0863 | Siege of Winchester | |
| Winchester The Vikings sack the Wessex capital of Winchester after moving from Southampton Water |
| 0865 | Death | |
| Wessex Death of Ethelbert, without a son |
| 0865 | Succession | |
| Wessex Succeeded by his eldest surviving brother Ethelred |
