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	Prvious Time Line
789	In this year Beorhtric [ king of Wessex ] took to wife Eadburgh, daughter of King Offa, and in his days came
	first three ships of Norwegians from Horthaland : and then the reeve rode thither and tried to compel them to go to the royal manor, for he did not know what they were and then they slew him. These were the first ships of the Danes to come to England .
828-30	King Egbert of " Wessex " was a sole monarch conquered Mercia and all that was south of the Humber he
	added Legancester as it was called by the Saxons to his dominion
865	The great Danish army landed in East Anglia c.865 led by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, Halfden (Healfdene )
	and Ivarr the Boneless ( Inwaer ), and perhaps Hubba within a short time they turned on Northumbria and York , conquering the ancient kingdoms of East Anglia and Northumbria and reduced Mercia to a fraction of its former size
796	796 Death of Offa
793	Danish raids on Lindisfarne, Jarrow, and lona
825	Egbert of Wessex defeats Mercia and annexes Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex
870	East Anglia falls to the Danes; murder of St. Edmund
	Alfred The Great
871- 899	Alfred the Great King (Ælfred) of Wessex ( House of Wessex ) The Danes attack Wessex; Alfred becomes king
874	remains of St. Werburgh were brought to Chester City to protect them
c. 874	Mercia falls to the Danes also Northumbria and East Anglia ceased to exist as Saxon domains
878	(March) The Danes drive Alfred into the Somerset marshes
c. 878	after a campaign of guerrilla warfare based at Athelney Alfred the Great prevented further Danish conquest
	by,defeating them at Edington - May Alfred defeats the Danes at Edington; Guthrumn is baptized
886	Alfred the Great (Ælfred) takes and refortifies London.
893	Danes reappear in Thames and Kent.
894	Alfred the Great ( Ælfred ) drives Hasting from Wessex.
893 - 894	The Danish Pirates wintered in Chester, they were driven out by Alfred the Great on their retreat they ravaged
	the City .
895	Hasting invades Mercia.
896	Alfred the Great ( Ælfred ) drives Danes from Essex.
897	Hasting quits England.
	Alfred the Great (Ælfred ) creates a fleet.
899	Death of Alfred
899	Edward the Elder becomes king of Wessex King of England
901	Eadward the Elder, (who died 925) .
907	Ethelred, Duke of Mercia, and his wife Ethelfleda rebuild and adorn with turrets the walls of the city .The
	purpose of the new fortress was to defend the area from Noresmen who were settling in the Wirral . ( Mercian Register )
908	The City walls were rebuilt by Ethelfleda Countess of Mercia who was the daughter of King Alfred and wife
	to Ethelred earl of Mercia she took control on the death of her husband and received the titles of Lord and King, she established nine castles in different parts of her kingdom,
911	Ethelred lord of the Mercians - Died .
910-20	Edward and Aethelflaed ( Æthelflaed ) reconquer most of the Danelaw
912	Northmen settle in Normandy.
913 - 918	Æthelflaed conquers Danish Mercia.
919	Norse kingdom of York is founded by Raegnald
921	Eadward subdues East Anglia and Essex. - 924 owned as overlord by Northumbria, Scots, and Strathclyde.
922	The Britons once more became masters of Chester, only to be expelled by Edward the Elder in the summer
	of 973
924	Edward the Elder significantly increased the size of his kingdom by conquering East Anglia , Mercia in 918 and
	Northumbria in 920
	Death of Edward .
925	Athelstan ( Æthelstan who died 940 ) becomes king . King of England
	born 895 succeeded his father Edward the Elder the grandson of Alfred the Great. The main event in his life was victory over his enemies at Brunanburgh in 937 he reigned for 15 years
926	Athelstan ( Æthelstan ), drives Welsh from Exeter.
928	Aethelstan and Eadred proved themselves to be competent in protecting themselves from the Danes the main
934	Athelstan ( Æthelstan ), invades Scotland.
937	Victory of Brunanburh..
939	Death of Athelstan; Edmund (Eadmund ), become king (who died 946) .
940	Dunstan begin to refound Glastonbury as a regular monastic house
943	Dunstan made Abbot of Glastonbury.
945	Cumberland granted to Malcolm, King of Scots.
946	Eadred, (who died 955).
946	Death of Edmund
954	The last king of York is deposed
954	Eadred, makes Northumbria an Earldom.
955	Edwy ( Eadwig who died 959) Saxon Line ( Ruler of England )
956	Banishment of Dunstan.
957	Revolt of Mercia under Eadgar.
959	Edgar becomes king
937	Athelstan defeats the Norse, Scots and Strathclyde Welsh at Brunanburh
958	Edgar's Chester Charter of dedication
	The grant of certain lands to a " familia " serving " Almighty God " in honour of the most holy Werburgh ever virgin in Chester , the charter allows the Canons seventeen hides of land free from all secular service and payment .
958	Eadgar, (who died 975). Saxon Line ( Ruler of England )
959	Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury.
960	Dunstan becomes Archbishop of Canterbury C.970 Regularis Concordia is compiled
973	Edgar is crowned and consecrated, and receives the submission of British princes
	Edgar received on the Dee the homage of various inferior Saxons sovereigns according to some writers, was
	rowed from his place on the south bank of the river to the conventual church of St John by eight tributary kings
975	Death of Edgar; Edward 'the Martyr' becomes king of England (who died 978 ).
978	Ethelred ( Æthelred ) the Unready, (who died 1016) Saxon Line King of England
979	Murder of Edward; Aethelred 'the Unready' becomes king
987 - 1040	Fulk the Black, Count of Anjou.
991	The Danes defeat Alderman Byrhtnoth and the Essex levies at Maldon; treaty between England and Normandy
1002	Ethelred orders the massacre of all Danes in England
1003	Invasion of the Danish by King Swein.
	Swein harries Wessex.
1012	Murder of Archbishop Ælfheah.
1013	All England submits to Swein.
	Flight of Æthelred to Normandy.
1013	Danish invasion King Swein returns with a new army; the Danelaw accepts him as king
1014	Swein dies; the Danish army in England elect Cnut as their king
1016	Eadmund Ironside, King, Saxon Line ( Ruler of England ) and dies.
1016	(April) Aethelred dies; Edmund ' Ironside ' becomes king (autumn) Cnut defeats Edmund at Ashingdon;
	Edmund dies and Cnut becomes Ruler of all England
	Edmund Ironside and Canute divide England into four earldoms On the division of the country in 1016 between Edmund Ironside and Canute, Chester was retained as part of Mercia, It was afterwards possed by the Earls of Mercia .
1017	Canute (Cnut who died 1035) Danish ruler of England
1020	Godwine made Earl of Wessex.
1027	Cnut goes to Rome.
	Birth of William of Normandy.
1035	Death of Cnut
1035	Harald and Harthacnut divide England.
1037	Harold becomes king, (who died 1040 ) .
1040	Hardicanute ( Harthacnut, who died 1042. ) Danish Line ( Ruler of England ) - Death of Harold
1042	Edward The Confessor Saxon Line ( Ruler of England ) - Death of Harthacnut
1040 -1060	Geoffry Mattel, Count of Anjou.
1042	Eadward the Confessor, died 1066 .
1045	Lanfranc at Bec.
1047	Victory of William at Val-ès-dunes.
1051	Banishment of Godwine.
	William of Normandy visits England.
1051-2	Conflict between King Edward and Godwin earl of Wessex
	1052 Return of Godwin
1053	Death of Godwin; his son Harold becomes earl of Wessex
1053	Death of Godwine.
	Harold made Earl of West Saxons.
1054	William victory at Mortemer.
1054 1060	Norman conquest of Southern Italy.
1055	Harold's first campaign in Wales.
1057	Leofric Earl of Mercia repaired the fabric of St. John's and its endowments and privileges were increased
1058	William's victory at the Dive..
1064	Earl Harold visits Duke William in Normandy
1066	(January) Death of King Edward;
	Earl Harold becomes king (September) Harold II ( Godwinson ) Saxon Line ( Ruler of England )
	King Harold of England defeats and kills King Harold of Norway at Stamford Bridge
	(October) Duke William of Normandy defeats and kills King Harold of England at Hastings (December) William is consecrated king
1067-70	English rebellions
	Continues