449: Bede's (6th Century Historian) estimation of when the Anglo Saxons arrived in South East England.
500: Saxons settle in Southern England.
516: Potential date for the Battle of Mount Badon, possibly part of Arthurian legend.
550 - 650: Angles, Saxons and Jutes conquer lowland England. Multiple Kingdoms are created and the original 'British' culture is eradicated from most of England.
602: Ethelbert of Kent donates a site in Canterbury for a new Cathedral.
627: Edwin of Northumbria, the first Northern Christian King, takes the throne.
633: Lindisfarne is established as a monastery by St Aiden.
650: Towards the end of the 7th Century there are seven main Anglo Saxon Kingdoms in what is now modern day England: East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex. To the south west are several British Kingdoms such as Dumnonia in Devon and Kernow in Cornwall.
Outside of England, the Kingdoms of Gwent, Gwynedd, Rheged, Powys and Strathcylde remain.
685: Battle of Dun Nechtain (Or Dunnichen). King Bridei of the Picts stops the Northern expansion of Northumbria.
731: Bede completes his 'History of the English Church and People'.
757: Offa becomes King of Mercia and builds a dyke between Mercia and Powys, now known as Offa's Dyke. It still almost defines the border between England and Wales.
789: Vikings raid Dorset in their first recorded attack.
793: Vikings attack Lindisfarne. Raids will follow over the next few centuries.
829: Egbert, King of Wessex, conquers Mercia.
843: Kenneth MacAlpine units Picts and Scots to form a single Kingdom, Alba.
867: York, or Jórvík is captured by Danes.
869: Edmund, King of East Anglia, is killed and martyred by the Danes.
870: Dumbarton, stronghold of Strathclyde, is destroyed by Danes.
871: Alfred the Great assumes the throne of Wessex.
877: Danes attack Chippenham at Christmas, forcing Alfred into hiding in Athelney within Somerset.
878: The Danes are defeated by Alfred at Edington in Wiltshire.
886: Alfred signs a treaty with the Danes that secures Wessex and Mercia, along with establishing the Danelaw north of the Thames and south of the Tees.
900: Alfred the Great dies.
925: Aethelstan is crowned King of Wessex. He is generally accepted as the first King of the entire of England.
927: Having defeated the Danes, Aethelstan accepts the submission of Scots, Strathclyde Welsh, Cumbria and the Earl of Northumbria at Eamont Bridge.
937: A combined invasion of Vikings, Welsh and Scots is defeated by Aethelstan and Brunanburh (the exact location is unknown to this day)
978: Edward, King of England is martyred at Corfe in Dorset.
991: An English army is defeated at the Battle of Maldon in Essex. King Ethelred pays Danegeld (literally protection money) to buy peace.
1002: St Brice's Day massacre: King Ethelred orders the massacre of all Danes in England.
1013: In retaliation, Swein Forkbeard invades and the Danes rule all of England.
1016: Cnut of Denmark becomes King of England. He then marries Emma of Normandy, the widow of Ethelred. England is divided into four earldoms - East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex.
1018: Battle of Carham. Malcolm II, King of Alba, defeats Uhtred of Northumbria and becomes the first King of a united Scotland.
1040: Macbeth defeats Duncan and becomes King of Scotland.
1042: Edward the Confessor becomes King of England.
1066. Edward the Confessor dies. Harold becomes King of England. England is invaded by Vikings from the North, resulting in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Before Harold can count his successes, a Norman Army led by William, Duke of Normandy arrives in England. Harold is thus defeated at the Battle of Hastings. William becomes King of England on the 25th December 1066.
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