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| 0968 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Ethelred II the Unready |
| 0978 | Assassination | |
| Corfe Castle Edward is assassinated by Ethelred's supporters |
| 0978 | Death | |
| Corfe Castle Death of Edward the Martyr, Ethelred's stepbrother |
| 0978 | Succession | |
| Wessex Succeeds as King of England, his followers murder his half-brother, Edward the martyr |
| 0979 | Coronation | |
| 14th April London Crowned by Dunstan at Kings ton |
| 0982 | Invasion of Dorset | |
| Dorset Dorset is ravaged |
| 0982 | Siege of London | |
| London London is put to the torch |
| 0985 | Marriage | |
| Wessex Marries Elfgiva, daughter of Ealdorman Thored of Northumbria |
| 0989 | Invasion of England | |
| Wessex Denmark under King Sweyn begins to invade England |
| 0991 | Battle of Maldon | |
| Maldon After defeat at Maldon Ethelred makes a treaty of peace & mutual assistance with Olaf |
| 10th Aug Maldon Vikings are paid the 1st Danegeld, œ10,000, after victory at Maldon |
| 0991 | Danegeld | |
| 1st Danegeld payment is set at œ10,000pa |
| 10th Aug Maldon Vikings are paid the 1st Danegeld, œ10,000, after victory at Maldon |
| 0991 | Invasion of England | |
| King Sweyn I Forkbeard invades England |
| 0991 | Peace | |
| 1st Mar Ends hostilities caused by Normandy's protection of Viking raiders |
| 1st Mar England & Normandy agree not to assist the other's enemies |
| 1st Mar Signs a peace Treaty with Duke Richard I of Normandy |
| 0991 | Treaty of Peace | |
| Maldon After defeat at Maldon Ethelred makes a treaty of peace & mutual assistance with Olaf |
| 0994 | Danegeld | |
| The 2nd Danegeld payment is set at œ16,000pa |
| 0994 | Siege of London | |
| London Ethelred buys the Vikings off for œ16,000 |
| London Olaf Trygveson & Sweyn sail up the Thames with 94 ships to London |
| 0997 | Reform | |
| Wantage Introduces the Scandinavian custom of trial by jury |
| Wantage New law code defines the legal position in Danelaw |
| 1002 | Marriage | |
| Marries Emma, sister of Richard II the Duke of Normandy, secures his southern flank |
| 1002 | Massacre Danes | |
| Launches a pogrom against all Danish settlers |
| 13th Nov The Danish revenge for the massacre results in Ethelred's name, "the unready" |
| 1004 | Siege of Norwich | |
| Norwich Sweyn burns Norwich, the renewal of a campaign which ends in Danish rule over England |
| 1007 | Danegeld | |
| Pays the Danes œ40,000 to gain 2 yrs free from the attacks of King Sweyn |
| The 3rd Danegeld payment is set at œ36,000pa |
| 1008 | Reform | |
| Wessex Laws to protect the Chris tians are drafted by Archbishop Wulfstan of York |
| 1009 | English Fleet | |
| Wessex Builds a new English fleet |
| 1009 | Invasion of England | |
| Kent Canterbury & East Kent buy off the Vikings |
| Vikings move on to Isle of Wight, ravage Sussex, Hampshire & Berkshire |
| Nov Vikings take winter quarters on the Thames |
| 1010 | Invasion of England | |
| Vikings burn Thetford and Cambridge, Bedford and Tempsford & Northampton |
| 1010 | Siege of Ipswich | |
| Ipswich Vikings storm Ipswich |
| 1010 | Siege of Oxford | |
| Oxford Vikings burn Oxford |
| 1011 | Capture of Canterbury | |
| Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, later St Alphege, is held captive |
| Canterbury While Ethelred II is invading south Wales Canterbury is taken by the Danes |
| 1011 | Invasion of Wales | |
| Canterbury While Ethelred II is invading south Wales Canterbury is taken by the Danes |
| 1012 | Assassination | |
| Canterbury Archbishop Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England |
| 1012 | Danegeld | |
| Wessex Pays Sweyn œ48,000 to cease the Danish raids |
| Wessex Pays Sweyn œ48,000 to stop Danish raids |
| The 4th Danegeld payment is set at œ48,000pa |
| 1012 | Death | |
| Wessex Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England despite agreement to pay Danegeld |
| Canterbury Archbishop Alphege is killed before the Danes leave England |
| 1013 | Capture of London | |
| 25th Dec London London surrenders to Sweyn I |
| 1013 | Exile of Ethelred II the Unready | |
| Isle of Wight Fleesto the Isle of Wight |
| Normandy Forced to flee to Normandy after the Viking invasion |
| 25th Dec Normandy Ethelred II the Unready escapes to Normandy |
| 1013 | Invasion of England | |
| Sweyn I invades England after the pogrom against Danish settlers initiated by Ethelred |
| 1013 | Siege of London | |
| 25th Dec London London surrenders to Sweyn I |
| 1014 | Restoration | |
| Wessex Returns from Normandy & restored to the throne by the Council of Witan |
| 1015 | Invasion of England | |
| Canute captures all of England except for London |
| 1016 | Burial | |
| 23rd April St Pauls Buried in St Paul's chapel "after a life of much hardship & many difficulties" |
| 1016 | Death | |
| April Dies while fighting the Viking invaders |
