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Events from the 10th century in the Kingdom of England. ==Events== * 902 * * Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral.〔 * 909 * * The Diocese of Bath is separated from that of Sherborne, Athelm being appointed first Bishop of Wells. Æthelweard briefly serves as Bishop of Sherborne at about this time. * 910–920 * * Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, conquer most of the Danelaw. * 910 * * 5 August - Battle of Tettenhall: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, allied with the forces of Mercia, defeats a Northumbrian Viking army. * 911 * * Edward transfers London and Oxford from Mercia to Wessex.〔 * * Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, dies and his wife Æthelflæd takes over rule as Lady of the Mercians. * 912 * * Æthelflæd of Mercia begins to establish fortified burhs, including one at Bridgnorth. * 913 * * Æthelflæd rebuilds the ruined town of Tamworth as a burh and capital of Mercia, also establishing a burh at Stafford. * 914 * * Æthelflæd of Mercia establishes Eddisbury and Warwick as burhs. * * (''or'' 923) Death of Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury. * 915 * * First Battle of Corbridge: Viking victory over the Anglo-Saxons.〔 * * King Edward occupies Bedford.〔 * * Æthelflæd of Mercia establishes Chirbury and Runcorn as burhs. * 917 * * King Edward captures Derby and seizes control of East Anglia. All Danes south of the Humber submit to his rule.〔 * 918 * * 12 June - Æthelflæd of Mercia dies at Tamworth; Edward the Elder takes control of her kingdom.〔 * * Welsh princes pay homage to Edward.〔 * * Second Battle of Corbridge. * 919 * * Ragnall ua Ímair seizes control of the Kingdom of York.〔 * 920 * * Norse Vikings under Sitric Cáech attack Cheshire.〔 * * Constantine II of Scotland, and the kings of Strathclyde, York, and Northumbria acknowledge Edward the Elder as their overlord.〔 * c. 923 * * Athelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * 924 * * 17 July - Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by Æthelstan as King of Wessex.〔 * 925 * * 4 September - Coronation of Æthelstan as King of Wessex.〔 * 926 * * 8 January - Death of Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. He will be succeeded by Wulfhelm. * * 30 January - A sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Edith of Polesworth, is married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of Northumbria and Dublin (died 927), in Tamworth. * 927 * * King Æthelstan occupies York〔 following the death of Sitric Cáech. * * King Æthelstan of Wessex unites the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy into the Kingdom of England. * * 12 July - Kings of Scotland and Strathclyde acknowledge Æthelstan as their overlord.〔 * 928 * * King Æthelstan asserts authority over the Welsh kings, and sets the border of Wales at the River Wye.〔 * * King Æthelstan asserts authority over Cornish, and sets the border of Cornwall at the River Tamar.〔 * 931 * * Æthelstan holds the first Council of All England, at Colchester.〔 * 933 * * Æthelstan founds Milton Abbey in Dorset. * 934 * * Æthelstan invades Scotland, reaching as far as Caithness.〔 * 935 * * Approximate date - Æthelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be "King of All Britain" (''Rex To() Brit()'').〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/silver_coin_of_athelstan.aspx )〕 * 937 * * Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats Olaf III Guthfrithsson, the Norse-Gael King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owen I, King of Strathclyde.〔 * 939 * * Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against the Germans.〔 * * King Æthelstan dies and is succeeded by his brother Edmund I of England.〔 * * The Norse-Gael King of Dublin Olaf III Guthfrithsson captures York.〔 * 940 * * King Edmund cedes Northumbria and the Five Boroughs to Olaf Guthfrithsson.〔 * * Saint Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury and initiates monastic reform and revival.〔 * * King Edmund summons Dunstan to his court where he becomes a favourite. * 941 * * Olaf Guthfrithsson dies; Óláfr Sigtryggsson succeeds him as King of Northumbria.〔 * * 12 February - Death of Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury. * * Oda enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * 942 * * King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs.〔 * 943 * * Vikings take Tamworth. * 944 * * King Edmund takes York from the Vikings.〔 * 945 * * King Edmund invades Strathclyde, and grants Cumbria to King Malcolm I of Scotland.〔 * 946 * * 26 May - King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother Eadred of England.〔 * 947 * * Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of Northumbria.〔 * 948 * * King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from Northumbria.〔 * * King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria.〔 * 949 * * Óláfr Sigtryggsson returns as King of Northumbria.〔 * 952 * * Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York.〔 * * King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York.〔 * 954 * * Eric Bloodaxe is killed at Stainmore allowing King Eadred to recover York,〔 reuniting the kingdom of Northumbria with that of England, under the administration of Osulf I of Bamburgh. * 955 * * 23 November - King Eadred dies and is succeeded by his nephew Eadwig.〔 * 956 * * Dunstan exiled after quarreling with King Eadwig.〔 * 957 * * Dunstan re-founds abbeys at Bath, Exeter, Malmesbury, and Westminster.〔 * * Mercia and Northumbria rebel, choosing Edgar as King.〔 * 958 * * 2 June - Death of Oda of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury. * 959 * * Ælfsige enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury but dies en route to Rome. * * Birthelm enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * * 1 October - King Edy dies and is succeeded by his brother Edgar the Peaceful.〔 Edgar overturns the appointment of Birthelm as Archbishop of Canterbury in favour of Dunstan. * 960 * * 21 September - Dunstan receives the pallium as Archbishop of Canterbury from Pope John XII. * 961 * * Saint Oswald becomes Bishop of Worcester; he establishes or re-founds abbeys at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, Evesham, Pershore, and Winchcombe.〔 * 963 * * King Edgar grants legal autonomy to the Danelaw.〔 * * Æthelwold becomes Bishop of Winchester; re-founds abbeys at Ely and Peterborough.〔 * c. 970 * * ''Regularis Concordia'' produced at Winchester.〔 * 971 * * 15 July The planned removal of the body of Saint Swithun during the re-building of Winchester Cathedral delayed by 40 days due to rain. * * Kenneth II of Scotland raids England, reaching as far as Yorkshire.〔 * 973 * * 11 May - Coronation of King Edgar at Bath.〔 * * Edgar sails to Chester, and receives homage from the rulers of Alba, Strathclyde, Wales, and the Kingdom of the Isles.〔 * 975 * * 8 July - King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son Edward.〔 * 978 * * 18 March - King Edward is murdered by the servants of his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth at Corfe Castle. He is succeeded by his stepbrother Æthelred the Unready.〔 * 980 * * Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.〔 * 981 * * Viking raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years.〔 * 985 * * King Æthelred grants lands at ''Hēatūn'' to Lady Wulfrun by royal charter, thus founding what will become Wolverhampton.〔Kemble, John Mitchell. ''Codex Diplomaticus Ævi Saxoni'' no. 650.〕 * 988 * * 19 May - Death of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. * * Æthelgar enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * 990 * * 13 February - Death of Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury. * * Sigeric the Serious enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * 991 * * 1 March - Æthelred signs a treaty with Duke Richard I of Normandy, by which each agrees not to aid the others enemies.〔 * * August - Norse invasion force sacks Ipswich.〔 * * 10 August - Battle of Maldon: Danes defeat the English army,〔 whose leader, Byrhtnoth, is killed. * * The first Danegeld, of £10,000, is paid to the Danes in return for their leaving England (according to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'').〔 * 993 * * Danes raid Northumbria.〔 * 994 * * Norse and Danish armies ravage the south-east, but fail to capture London.〔 * * £16,000 of Danegeld paid.〔 * * Olaf II of Norway is baptised at Andover, and swears not to return to England.〔 * 995 * * Ælfric of Abingdon enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. * * Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moves his episcopal see from Chester-le-Street to Durham, to which the remains of Saint Cuthbert (d. 687) are translated. * * Ælfric of Eynsham completes his ''Catholic Homilies''.〔 * 997 * * King Æthelred issues a law code at Wantage, defining the legal position in the Danelaw and introducing trial by jury.〔 * * Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English ''Lives of Saints''.〔 * 998 * * Danes raid southern and western coasts.〔 * 999 * * Danes raid Kent, attacking Rochester.〔 * 1000 * * English fleet invades the Isle of Man. * * English invasion of Cumbria fails.〔 * * Heroic poem ''The Battle of Maldon'' composed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「10th century in England」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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