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Events from the 6th century in England. ==Events== * around 500 * * Angles colonise the North Sea and Humber coastal areas, particularly around Holderness.〔 * 501 * * Port and his sons, Bieda and Mægla, arrive at what is now Portsmouth.〔''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''〕 * 519 * * Cerdic founds the Kingdom of Wessex.〔 * 527 * * Foundation of the Kingdom of Essex.〔 * 536 * * The climate changes of 535–536 likely caused a great famine and decline in population. * 547 * * Angles under Ida conquer a Celtic area called Bryneich, founding the Kingdom of Bernicia.〔 * 549 * * A great plague causes much population loss. * 550 * * Gildas completes his post-Roman history ''On the Destruction of Britain''.〔 * 560 * * Angles conquer eastern Yorkshire and the British kingdom of Ebrauc, and establish the Kingdom of Deira.〔 * 571 * * Foundation of the Kingdom of East Anglia.〔 * * Battle of Bedcanford: Cuthwulf captures Limbury, Aylesbury, Benson, and Eynsham.〔 * 577 * * Battle of Deorham: Ceawlin of Wessex captures Gloucester, Cirencester, and Bath, expanding his kingdom to the west.〔 * 581 * * Ælla enlarges the Kingdom of Deira. * 584 * * Battle of Fethanleag, perhaps at Stoke Lyne in Oxfordshire: Ceawlin and Cutha fight against the Britons; the latter is killed and the former returns to his kingdom.〔 * 585 * * Foundation of the Kingdom of Mercia.〔 * 590 * * Elmet joins an alliance of Celtic kingdoms against the expanding Angles of Bernicia. * * Urien of Rheged murdered. * 597 * * Saint Augustine leads a papal mission to Britain, converts Kent to Christianity, and becomes the first Bishop of Canterbury.〔 * 598 * * Traditional foundation date of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury. * 600 * * Battle of Catterick: Northumbria defeats an invasion by a combined force from Wales and Lothian. 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「6th century in England」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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