Timeline Of Major Events
| Date | Area | Event | Consequences |
| 300 | Roman Empire | Roman Capital transferred to Constantinople (Istanbul / Byzantium) | |
| 383 | Britain | Magnus Maximus withdraws many Roman troops to defend Europe | Angle, Saxon and Jute mercenaries recruited to fill gaps in British defenses |
| 407 | Britain | Last Roman regular troops withdrawn from Britain | |
| 410 | Britain | Britons told to look to their own defence by Roman Emperor | |
| c. 429 | Britain | 'Alleluia' battle | An army under St. Germanus of Auxerre defeats a combined Anglo-Saxon and Pictish pagan raiding force |
| c. 432 | Ireland | St. Patrick's mission to Ireland | |
| c. 442 - 456 | Britain | Anglo-Saxon rebellion | Anglo-Saxon troops rebel across South-East Britain |
| c. 446 | Britain | Plague ravages Britain | |
| c. 456 | Britain | Battle of 'Crecanford' | Anglo-Saxons and Jutes defeat a British army in Kent |
| c. 464 | Gaul | Adovacrius establishes a kingdom in the Loire estuary | |
| 476 | Roman Empire | Last Roman Emperor is deposed | |
| 477 | Britain | Aelle of Sussex arrives in Britain | |
| c. 500 | Britain | Aelle becomes recognised as the first Bretwalda | Bretwalda = Ruler of Britain (senior Anglo-Saxon king) |
| c. 516 | Britain | Battle of Mount Badon | Britons (under Arthur?) defeat Anglo-Saxons (of Sussex?) |
| 520 | Ireland | Monastery founded at Clonard | |
| 520 - 550 | Western Europe | Childebert, king of the Franks, attempts to control Anglo-Saxon kings | |
| c. 542 | Britain | Battle of Camlann | Traditional battle for the death of Arthur |
| c. 542 | Europe | Bubonic plague reaches Europe | |
| 563 | Britain | St. Columba establishes a monastery at Iona | Irish start to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity |
| 596 - 597 | Kent | Benedictine Monastery founded at Canterbury | St. Augustine begins mission to Kent |
| 600 - 615 | Britain | Northumbria has several victories over the Northern Britons | Kingdom grows in size and influence |
| 627 - 634 | Northumbria | Northumbria converts to Christianity | |
| c. 628 | Mercia | Mercia annexes Hwicce | |
| 635 | Northumbria | Bernicia, Deira and several Celtic kingdoms are formally united at the kingdom of Northumbria | Most of the small Anglo-Saxon kingdoms are now annexed into larger kingdoms |
| 653 | Essex | Essex converts to Christianity | |
| 655 | Mercia | Pagan Mercia is defeated by Northumbria | Is now converted to Christianity |
| 679 | Northumbria | Northumbria defeated by Mercia | Mercia becomes the strongest of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms |
| 681 - 686 | Sussex | Sussex converts to Christianity | |
| 685 | Northumbria | Northern Picts defeat Northumbria at Dunnichen | |
| 686 | Wessex | Isle of Wight annexed by Wessex | Last part of Anglo-Saxon realm to become Christian |
| 741 | Pictland | King Oengus of the Picts defeats the Scots of Dal Riata | |
| c. 750 | Rus' Lands | Swedish settlers form a settlement at Starya Ladoga | Earli known Rus' Viking settlement |
| 789 | Wessex | King Beorhtric's reeve is killed while trying to collect taxes from an unknown ship | The is the first recorded viking incursion into the British Isles |
| 792 | Mercia | King Offa prepares defenses in Kent to stop "Pagan Seamen" | Anglo-Saxons are beginning to view the Vikings as a threat |
| 793 | Northumbria | Raid on Lindisfarne | |
| 795 | Scotland | Raid on Iona | |
| 799 | France | Raids at the mouth of the Loire | |
| 810 | Low Countries | Danes assault Frisia | |
| 814 | Wessex | Wessex annexes welsh kingdom of Dumnonia | |
| 830 - 850 | Western Europe | Raids across French coast and Southern England | |
| 835 | Wessex | Vikings landing in the West Country are defeated by Egbert, king of Wessex | |
| 838 | Rus Lands | Rus 'state' begins to form under control of a Khagan | |
| 841 | Ireland | Vikings found the city of Dublin | |
| c. 843 | Pictland | Treachery of Scone | Southern Pictish leaders killed by Scots of Dal Riata, leads to Picts being put under a Scottish King. The kingdom of Alban is founded |
| 851 | Kent | Viking army winters in England at Thanet | First time a Viking army had ever wintered in England |
| c. 858 | Rus' Lands | Rurik of Scandinavia defeats Magyar-Khazar rulers in modern Ukraine | Rus' area of control is expanding |
| 860 | Byzantine Empire | First Rus' attack on Constantinople | Rus' now confident enough to attack the strongest city in Europe |
| 865 | Kent | First Danegeld paid by the people of Kent | The Saxons start paying the Danegeld which will be a major part of their policy for the next 200 years |
| 866 | York | York falls to the Vikings | |
| c. 872 | Norway | Battle of Hafrsfjord | Harald 'Fairhair' Harfagi crushes opposition from South West Norway, bringing the whole country under his control |
| 875 - 900 | Ireland | Vikings settle at Galloway | |
| 877 | Mercia | Mercia falls to the Vikings | |
| 879 | England | East Anglia falls to the Vikings Wessex defeats Vikings |
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| 886 | England | King Guthrum of Denmark and King Alfred of Wessex sign a treaty - the Danelaw is created | After being defeated during the invasion of Wessex, Guthrum's life is spared, and half of the country is given to the Danes and half to Wessex |
| 886 | France | Vikings besiege Paris | |
| 907 - 913 | Eastern Europe and Middle East | Rus' Vikings raid across Byzantine Empire and Islamic world | Many interesting battles take place, and much gold is brought back to the strengthening Rus' city-states |
| 911 | Wessex | Wessex annexes London and Home Counties | |
| 911 | France | King Charles the Simple grants Hrolf the Ganger land in Northern France in return for his loyalty | Establishment of Normandy |
| 912 - 917 | Wessex | Wessex conquers Norse East Anglia | |
| 917 - 918 | Wessex |
Danish Mercia conquered by Wessex
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| 919 | Wessex | English Mercia annexed by Wessex | |
| c. 930 | Rus' Lands | Khagan Igor of Volga Rus' takes control of Kiev | Establishment of the city-state of Kiev |
| 919 - 927 | Wessex | Wessex conquers York | |
| 930 - 937 | Wessex | Wessex dynasty becomes sole rulers of England | |
| 937 | Wessex | Battle of Brunanburh | King Athelstan invades Strathclyde, defeating a combined Norse, scottish and Welsh army. Secures the independence of England, and further marginalises the native Welsh kingdoms |
| 940 - 954 | York | York has periods of independence as a Viking kingdom | |
| 959 | England | King Edgar of Wessex becomes first King of England | Kingdom of Wessex becomes kingdom of England |
| 962 - 973 | Alban | Scottish troops conquer Edinburgh and southern Scotland | Scottish kingdom of Alban continues to expand until its defeat in 1006 by Northumbria |
| c. 965 | Eastern Europe and Middle East | Rus' vikings destroy Khazar capital at Itil, raid Islamic world, attack Volga-Bulgars | Trying to seize control of eastern trade routes |
| 979 | England | Ethelred II becomes king of England | Period of weak rule begins in England |
| 980 | England | Viking raids begin again in earnest | |
| 980 - 982 | Rus' Lands | Vladimir Sviatoslavich becomes Prince of Kiev | Slav tribal uprisings crushed |
| 988 | Rus' Lands | Prince Vladimir converts the Rus' to Orthodox Christianity | |
| 990 - 1015 | Rus' Lands | Sporadic wars between Rus' and Pechenegs | |
| 991 | England | Battle of Maldon | An anglo-saxon under Byrhtnoth is defeated by a Viking army at Maldon in Essex |
| 991 - 1015 | England | Massive Danegelds demanded of the Anglo-Saxons | Danes assert their control over England |
| 1016 - 1024 | Rus' Lands | Civil War between rival princes over the throne of Kiev | |
| 1016 - 1035 | England | Reign of the viking King Knut (Canute) | Vikings now control a massive 'Empire' controlling all England, Denmark and Norway |
| 1034 | Alban | Alban annexes the kingdom of Strathclyde | All of the Welsh Kingdoms outside of Cymru have been conquered |
| 1038 | Alban | Alban annexes the kingdom of Gallway | Effectively creates a united Scotland |
| 1042 - 1043 | Rus' Lands | Peace between Rus' and Polish, invasion of Byzantine Empire | |
| 1043 - 1066 | England | Reign of King Edward the Confessor | Monarchy is back in the hands of the Anglo-Saxons |
| 1062 - 1063 | Wales | Earl Harold of Wessex defeats Gruffydd, high king of Wales | |
| 1064 | Rus' Lands | War between Kiev and Poland | |
| 1066 | England | Anglo-Saxons defeat vikings at Stamford Bridge Normans defeat Anglo-Saxons at Hastings |
Successional Wars. After defeating a Viking force at Stamford Bridge, King Harold of England is defeated by William the Conqueror - England is now controlled by the Normans |
| 1068 - 1069 | England | Unsuccessful Anglo-Saxon uprising against the Normans | |
| 1068 - 1069 | Rus' Lands | Kipchaks defeat several Rus' armies before defeat near Chernigov by a Rus' force under Prince Sviatoslav | |
| 1081 | Italy | Byzantine defeat in southern Italy at the hands of the Normans | Byzantine force comprised largely of Anglo-Saxon exiles (Varangians) |
| 1085 | England | Sweyn Estridson's expedition to southern England ends in failure | Last serious Viking invasion of England |
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