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Events from the 10th century in the
Kingdom of England .
Events
902
909
910–920
910
911
912
913
914
915
917
918
919
920
c. 923
924
17 July – Edward the Elder dies and is succeeded by
Æthelstan as King of Wessex.
[5]
925
926
927
928
King Æthelstan sets the border between England and
Wales at the
River Wye .
[1]
King Æthelstan asserts authority over the Cornish, and sets the border of
Cornwall at the
River Tamar .
[1]
The scribe known as "
Æthelstan A " begins to draft royal charters.
931
Æthelstan holds the first Council of All England, at
Colchester .
[1]
933
934
935
Approximate date – Æthelstan mints the first coins proclaiming himself to be "King of All Britain" (Rex To[tius] Brit[anniae] ).
[1]
[8]
937
939
940
941
942
King Edmund re-captures the Five Boroughs.
[1]
943
944
King Edmund takes
York from the Vikings.
[5]
945
946
26 May – King Edmund is murdered by an exiled criminal at
Pucklechurch and succeeded by his brother
Eadred of England
[5] who is crowned on 16 August at Kingston upon Thames.
947
948
King Eadred expels Eric Bloodaxe from
Northumbria .
[5]
King Malcolm I of Scotland raids Northumbria.
[1]
949
952
Eric Bloodaxe reconquers York.
[5]
King Eadred imprisons Wulfstan of York.
[1]
954
955
23 November – King Eadred dies at
Frome and is succeeded by his nephew
Eadwig .
[5]
956
Dunstan exiled after quarreling with King Eadwig.
[1]
957
958
959
960
961
963
c. 970
971
973
11 May – coronation of King Edgar at
Bath .
[5]
Edgar sails to
Chester , and receives
homage from the rulers of
Alba , Strathclyde, Wales, and the
Kingdom of the Isles .
[1]
Edgar has the coinage called in and re-struck as uniform pennies.
975
8 July – King Edgar dies and is succeeded by his 12-year-old son
Edward .
[5]
978
980
Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England.
[5]
981
985
986
988
19 May – death of
Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury. He is succeeded by
Æthelgar .
990
991
993
994
995
997
King Æthelred issues a law code at
Wantage , defining the legal position in the Danelaw and introducing
trial by jury .
[1]
Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English Lives of Saints .
[1]
998
Danes raid southern and western coasts.
[1]
999
1000
Births
902
Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury (died 988)
922
923
943/44
c. 950
c. 955
c. 962
968
Deaths
902
5 December –
Ealhswith , queen consort of Alfred the Great
904
908
909 – approximate date
Asser , Bishop of Sherborne and scholar
Wighelm , probable Bishop of Selsey
911
912
Wilferth , Bishop of Lichfield (approximate date)
913
914 or 923
2 August –
Plegmund , Archbishop of Canterbury
915
917
918
12 June –
Æthelflæd , Lady of the Mercians (born c. 870)
920 or 922
921
924
926
8 January –
Athelm , Archbishop of Canterbury
927
939
27 October –
Æthelstan , King of England (born c. 895)
941
12 February –
Wulfhelm , Archbishop of Canterbury
946
954
955
958
Oda , Archbishop of Canterbury
959
c. 962/3
971
973
975
977
30 April–2 May –
Sideman , Bishop of Crediton
978
988
Dunstan , Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 909)
990
13 February –
Æthelgar , Archbishop of Canterbury
994
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