9th century in England

Events from the 9th century in England.

Events

* 801
** Northumbrian invasion of Mercia fails.
* 802
** Egbert becomes King of Wessex.
* 803
** Council of Clofeshoh abolishes the Archbishopric of Lichfield.
* 815
** Egbert of Wessex conquers Cornwall."Annales Cambriae"]
* 816
** Saxons invade the mountains of Eryri and the kingdom of Rhufoniog.
* 818
** King Cenwulf of Mercia devastates Dyfed.
* 821
** Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, submits to Cenwulf of Mercia in a dispute over Church lands.
* 822
** Mercian army destroys the fortress of Degannwy and takes control of Powys.
* 823
** A fight of Welsh/Britons [against] Devon-men at Galford"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"]
* 825
** Battle of Ellendun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats the Mercians, and subdues Essex, Sussex, and Kent, ending the Mercian Supremacy.
* 829
** Egbert of Wessex temporarily conquers Mercia.
* 830
** Nennius completes his "Historia Brittonum".
* 835
** Vikings raid Sheppey.
* 838
** Battle of Hingston Down: Egbert of Wessex defeats combined Danish and Cornish armies.
* 842
** Vikings raid London, Rochester, and Southampton.
* 851
** Kentish ships defeat the Danes off Sandwich in the first recorded naval battle in English history.
** Battle of Oakley: King Ethelwulf of Wessex defeats the Danes.
** Danes over-winter in England for the first time, at Thanet.
* 852
** Saint Swithun becomes Bishop of Winchester.
* 853
** King Ethelwulf sends his son Alfred to the papal court in Rome.
* 865
** Ethelred becomes King of Wessex.
** Danish invasion force lands in East Anglia.
* 866
** Danes capture York.
* 867
** Danes defeat Northumbrians and install a puppet ruler.
* 869
** 20 November - Battle of Hoxne: Danes defeat East Anglians, killing King Edmund the Martyr.
* 870
** Danes capture Reading.
* 871
** January - Battle of Ashdown: Ethelred defeats the Danes.
** 23 April - Ethelred dies; succeeded by his brother Alfred the Great.
* 874
** Danes appoint a puppet ruler in Mercia.
* 875
** Monks leave Lindisfarne with the body of Saint Cuthbert, and settle at Chester-le-Street.
* 876
** Danes capture southern Northumbria, and found the Kingdom of York.
* 877
** Saxons kill Rhodri the Great and his son Gwriad.
** Danes capture Exeter, and settle in the Five Boroughs.
* 878
** January - Danes capture Chippenham, and take control of much of Wessex.
** Easter - Alfred constructs a fort at Athelney, and holds out against the Danes.
** 11 May - Battle of Edington: Alfred defeats the Danes. Guthrum baptised.
** Danes take control of East Anglia.
** Princes of southern Wales acknowledge Alfred as their overlord.
* 886
** Alfred restores London to Mercia.
** Alred signs a treaty with Guthrum, granting the territory between the Thames and the Tees to the Danes; later known as the Danelaw.
* 892
** Danes invade again, under the leadership of Hastein.
** "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" first compiled.
* 893
** Battle of Buttington Island: Alfred joins with Welsh forces to push back the Danes to Chester.
** Asser of Sherborne writes the "Life of Alfred".cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 38-42|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 894
** Danish forces reach the Thames estuary.
* 895
** Alfred blockades the Danish fleet at the River Lea; Danes retreat to Bridgnorth.
* 896
** Danish army leaves Wessex.
* 899
** 26 October - King Alfred of Wessex dies; succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder.

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