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Historical Events Dates for the Darkage 400-1066AD Period 
 


0432 none EventSt Patrick begins mission to Ireland. 
0451 June 24EventBattle of ChalonsAetius defeats the Huns.
0479 July 29DeathSaint Lupus of Troyes. 
0489 August 28EventBattle of Isonzo (Sonitus)Romand are defeated by the Goths.
0489 September 30EventBattle of VeronaTheodoric defeats Odoacer.
0493 March 15DeathOdiakerGerman Army leader and King of Italy (476-493)
0523 May 6DeathThrasamunde, King of Vandalen 
0526 August 30DeathKing Theodoric of the Ostragoths 
0526 May 18DeathPope John I (523-26) 
0527 August 1BirthJustin IEmperor of Eastern Rome.
0532 October 17DeathSaint Boniface IIPope.
0533 August 13EventPope John IElected.
0534 October 2DeathAthalaricKing of the Ostragoths.
0535 May 13EventSt Agapitus begins reign as Pope 
0535 May 8EventPope John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
0535 May 8DeathPope John (Mercurious)(533-35)
0536 April 22DeathPope Agapitus I (535-36) 
0541 June 24EventSeige of Orleans raised in Franceby Attila the Hun,
0542 May 30EventBattle of Badon (?)Death of Arthur King of England possibly (Vortigern?)
0545 June 3DeathChlotilde - wife of St ClovisKing of France.
0548 June 28DeathTheodoraEmpess of Byzantium.
0554 August 13EventEmperor Justinian starts to rebuild ItalyHe was Emperor of Byzantium.
0555 June 7DeathPope Vigilius(537-55).
0555 June 7DeathPope Vigilius 
0556 April 16EventPope PelagusElected.
0563 none EventSt Columba arrives in Iona 
0565 none EventSt Columba forms Celtic Christian Church. 
0579 November 26EventPope Pelagius IIBegins his reign as Catholic Pope.
0587 August 13DeathSt. RadegundQueen of the Franks.
0597 none DeathSt ColumbaLater sanctified.
0601 none DeathSt Augustine 
0601 none DeathPope Gregory I 
0601 none EventFoundation of St Pauls Cathedralin London.
0604 June 7DeathSaint Augustine. 
0609 May 13EventPope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic Church. 
0614 October 15EventEdict of Paris issuedby Lothar, King of the Franks.
0615 May 25DeathPope Boniface IV(608-15)
0615 May 8EventSt Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
0618 November 8DeathSt DeusdeditPope.
0622 August 13DeathSaint Maximus the Confessor 
0625 October 25DeathPope Boniface V 
0628 April 3DeathEmperor Chosroes II of PersiaWho was murdered by his son
0629 October 18DeathClotaire IIKing of France.
0630 November 7BirthConstans IIEastern Roman Emperor.
0635 October 21DeathSaint Fintan of Taghmon 
0636 April 5DeathSt. Isidore of Seville 
0636 August 15EventBattle of YarmukByzantines are defeated by Islam
0638 March 11DeathSaint Sophronius of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem.
0640 August 2DeathSeverinusPope
0641 July 18DeathSaint Arnulf of Metz 
0642 August 5DeathSt Oswald, King of Northumbriakilled by Penda, King of Mercia.
0644 October 10DeathSaint Paulinus of York 
0653 September 30DeathSaint Honorius of Canterbury 
0655 October 31DeathSaint Follian. 
0655 September 16DeathSaint MartinPope
0663 none EventSynod of Witbydecides Easter date and consolidates Catholic doctrine to be Roman instead of Celtic.
0668 July 15DeathConstans IIEastern Roman Emporer.
0670 August 30DeathSaint Fiacreof Ireland.
0670 November 1DeathSaint Omer 
0672 April 11EventPope Deusdedit IIIElected.
0673 none BirthThe Venerable BedeFirst English Historian?
0675 October 3DeathSaint Ewalds the Two. 
0676 April 11EventPope DonusElected.
0676 August 8DeathSaint Colmanof Lindesfarne
0678 April 11DeathPope DonusDies.
0679 October 2DeathSaint Leger 
0680 November 7Event3rd Council of Constantinople opens6th Ecumenical Council.
0681 September 16EventEnd of the 6th Ecumenical Councilin COnstantinople.
0683 July 3DeathSaint Leo IIPope
0685 July 23EventPope John Velected.
0685 May 21EventBattle of NechtansmerePicten beat Northumbrians.
0685 May 8EventSt Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
0685 May 8DeathPope Benedict II(683-85)
0690 September 19DeathSaint Theodoreof Canterbury.
0698 none EventCreation of the Lindisfarne Gospels. 
0704 September 23DeathSaint Adamnan 
0707 October 18DeathPope John VII 
0709 October 16EventDedication of Church at Mont St. Miclel 
0710 none EventRoman Christianity established in Pictland. 
0711 April 14DeathChildebert IIIKing of the French
0711 July 19EventBattle of GuadeleteMoors defeat Roderick, King of Spain.
0714 April 11DeathSt. Guthlac 
0715 April 9DeathPope Constantine IGreek/Syrian Pope
0715 May 19EventSt Gregory II begins reign as Pope 
0721 October 25DeathSaint John of Beverly. 
0732 October 10EventBattle of ToursMoslem advance ended by Charles Martel.
0732 October 25EventBattle of ToursFrench are defeated by the Arabs.
0735 none DeathThe Venerable BedeFirst English Historian?
0739 November 7DeathSaint Willibroard 
0740 July 4DeathSaint Andrew of Crete 
0741 October 22DeathCharles Martel "The Hammer"Mayor of the Palace.
0742 April 2BirthEmperor Charlemagne 
0747 none EventCreation of the PennieKing Offa divides a pound of silver into 240 silver pennies.
0751 April 9DeathPope Constantine 
0754 June 5DeathSt BonifaceEnglish Saint and Archbishop.
0757 April 26DeathPope Stephen III 
0767 June 28DeathSaint PaulPope.
0768 October 18EventCoronation of Charlemagne and his Brother Carlomanas co-rulers of the Franks.
0768 September 24DeathPepin II "the short"Father of Charlemagne.
0778 August 15EventBattle of RincevallesDeath of Roland? Charlemagne's rear guard attacked and defeated by Basques whilst returning from Spain.
0784 September 24EventSecond council of Nice starts 
0786 October 16DeathSaint Lull 
0787 April 10EventOrgan Installed in the church of St. Cornielle at CompiegnBy Pepin, King of France
0796 July 26DeathOffaKing of the English
0802 none DeathKing Beorhtric of WessexBuried at Wareham
0803 August 9DeathSt IreneFirst Byzantian Empress
0804 May 19DeathAlcuin of YorkEnglish Scholar dies in Tours, France at 69
0807 none DeathKing Cuthred of Kent. 
0810 July 8DeathPepin IIIKing of France.
0810 none DeathKing Eardwulf of NorwaySucceeded by his son.
0811 July 26DeathNicephoros IByzantian emporer killed in battle.
0813 September 25Deathal-Amin ibn Harun al-Rashid 
0816 June 12DeathPope Leo IIIItalian Pope (795-816)
0816 June 12DeathSt LeoPope
0821 none DeathKing Coenwulf of Merciain Basingwerk and buried at Winchcombe Abbey.
0823 June 13BirthCharles II "The Bold"Emperor (875-877)
0827 none Eventking Athelstan establishes himself King of East Angliaafter killing King Ludecan in Battle.
0828 April 5DeathNicephorusPatriarch of Constantinople (806-15)
0836 none EventBattle of CarhamptonKing Egberts army is defeated by invading Vikings.
0838 none DeathBattle of Hingston DownKing Egbert defeats Vikings and the British of Dumnonia.
0839 none DeathKing Egbert of Wessexand All England.
0840 June 20DeathLouis I "the Pius"Holy Roman Emperor.
0840 June 6DeathAgobardArchbishop of Lyon and anti-semite
0841 June 25EventBattle of Fontenoy-en-PuisayeCharles the "Bold" and Louis the "German" defeat Emperor Lothair of the Holy Roman Empire.
0841 none DeathKing Eanred of NorthumbriaSucceeded by his Son as King Aethelred II
0845 November 22EventBattle of BallonWhere the Franks are beaten by Nomenoe of Brittany.
0846 August 26EventSaracens plunder the Roman Basilica of Saint Peter. 
0846 November 1BirthLouis II "The Stammerer"King of France
0847 April 10EventPope Leo IVelected and later sancified.
0847 April 10EventKing Loius IIIcrowned King of France.
0847 June 14DeathSaint Methodius of Constantinople. 
0848 none DeathAssasination of King Aethelred IIof Northumbria. He is succeeded by Osbeorht, a person of unknown lineage.
0852 none DeathKing Beorhtwulf of MerciaHe is succeeded by his kinsman, Burghred.
0853 September 17DeathSaint Columba of Cordoba 
0855 July 17DeathSaint LeoPope.
0858 April 17EventPope Benedict III ends reign as Catholic Pope 
0858 April 24EventPope Nicolas I elected.Succeeds Benedict III
0858 none DeathKing Aethelbald of WessexSucceeded by his brother, sub-King Aethelbert of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex.
0862 July 15DeathSaint Swithin 
0865 none DeathKing Aethelbert of WessexSucceeded by his third son, Aethelred I
0867 December 14EventPope Adrian IIElected to the Holy See.
0869 August 8DeathKing Lothairof Lorraine.
0869 November 20DeathSt Edmund, King of the East Angleswas killed on this day (or it may have been 870)
0871 April 23DeathEthelred I King of WessexBrother of Alfred the Great.
0871 none EventAlfred the Great becomes Kingof Wessex.
0871 none EventKing Alfred the GreatCrowned King of England.
0872 December 14DeathPope Adrian IIDied on this day.
0872 December 14EventPope John IIIElected to the Holy See.
0876 August 28DeathKing Louis the German. 
0876 October 8EventBattle of AndernachGermans defeat Charles "The Bald" King of France.
0877 October 23DeathSaint Ignatius of Constantinople 
0879 April 10DeathKing Louis II "The Stutterer"of France.
0879 September 17BirthCharles III "The Simple"King of France (893-923)
0882 August 5DeathLouis IIIKing of France.
0884 May 15EventPope Marinus I ends reign as Pope 
0884 May 17EventSt Adrian III begins reign as Pope 
0885 April 6DeathMethodiusGreek Apostle of the slaves and archbishop of Sirmium
0896 April 5DeathPope Formosus 
0898 October 15DeathSaint Eythymuis the Younger. 
0899 none DeathKing Alfred the great of Wessex and All EnglandSucceeded by his son, Edward.
0899 none DeathKing Alfred the Greatof England.
0900 August 13DeathZwendibold, King of Lorrainekilled in battle.
0900 June 17DeathFulk, Archbishop of Rheimskilled by the count of Flanders.
0900 none DeathKing Donald IIThe first King of the Picts and Scots in battle.
0901 October 28DeathAlfred I "The Great"King of England
0904 July 31EventThessalonica sackedby Moslems.
0911 April 14DeathPope Sergius IIIItalian Pope (904-11).
0912 May 12DeathLeo VI SophosByzantine Emperor (886-912) dies at 45
0913 none EventRecapture of Essex from the Danesby King Edward the Elder.
0918 June 12DeathEthelfledadaughter of Alfred the Great of England.
0918 none DeathKing Eric of East Angliaresulting in East Anglia being brought under Wessex rule.
0918 September 23DeathConrad IKing of Germany.
0921 September 16DeathSaint LudmillaMurdered.
0924 July 17DeathEdward "The Elder"King of the Anglo-Saxons
0924 none DeathKing Edward the Elder of EnglandSucceeded by his son, Athelstan.
0929 October 7DeathCharles III "The Simple"King of France.
0930 June 25DeathFather Hucbald 
0933 none DeathPrince AelfweardBrother of King Athelstan who drowned en route to France and is buried at Saint-Bertin.
0936 July 2DeathHenry I "The Fowler"King of Germany
0936 June 19EventLouis IV crownedKing of France
0938 July 10DeathPope Benedict VII 
0942 November 18DeathSaint Odo of Cluny 
0946 May 25DeathEdmund the Older King of Wessex(939-46)
0954 none DeathKing Eric Bloodaxeof Norse York.
0955 May 16EventAlberich II (Bastard?) Elected PopeSon of Octavianus.
0956 June 17DeathHugh "the Great" of France 
0959 July 4DeathSaint Odo the Good. 
0959 October 3DeathSaint Gerard of Brogne. 
0961 none EventTavistock Abbey foundedby Ealdorman Ordgar of Devon.
0961 October 11DeathSaint Bruno 
0964 May 14DeathPope John XII (Octavianus)(642-49) Excommunicated by Pope Paul II.
0973 July 4DeathSaint Ulrich, Bishop and Patron of AugsburgFirst person to be canonised by a Pope.
0973 May 7DeathOtto I "The Great"Holy Roman Emperor (962-973)
0981 June 20DeathSaint Adalbert of Magdeburg 
0984 August 1DeathSaint Ethelwold 
0984 September 16DeathSaint Edith of Wilton 
0987 July 3EventHugh Capet crownedas King of France.
0987 May 21DeathLouis V of FranceLast Carolingian King
0988 May 19DeathDunstanArchbishop of Canterbury.
0992 June 27DeathConan Iof Brittany
0994 October 31DeathSaint Wolfgang 
0996 October 24DeathHugh CapetKing of France.
1000 March 12EventOdo of Lagerywas elected as Pope and replaced Victor III
1002 April 9EventHocktideThe Celebration of a battle where Saxon women defeated the Danes.
1002 June 21BirthSaint Leo IXPope.
1002 June 7EventHenry II electedKing of Germany.
1003 May 12DeathPope Sylvester II (Gerbert van Aurillac)First French Pope.
1009 August 1EventDanish Army lands at Sandwichand attacks London.
1012 May 12DeathPope Sergius IV (Pietro Crescentii) 
1015 July 15DeathSaint Vladimir. 
1016 none EventKnut, son of Sveyn crowned Kingof England, Denmark and Norway. Also known as Canute.
1017 October 28BirthHenry II, The BlackHoly Roman Emperor.
1021 September 12DeathSaint Guy of Anderlecht 
1022 September 02DeathMaelsechlainn II "The Great"High-King of Ireland.
1024 July 10DeathPope Benedict VIII 
1024 July 15DeathSaint Henry IIHoly Roman Emperor
1031 July 20DeathRobert IIKing of France.
1035 none DeathKnut, son of Sveyn crowned Kingof England, Denmark and Norway. Also known as Canute.
1038 August 15DeathSaint StephenKing of Hungary
1040 August 14EventBattle of PitGavneyDuncan I, of Scotland is killed by Macbeth.
1040 March 17DeathHarold King of EnglandDies.
1040 none EventMacbeth murders Duncanand becomes King of Scotland.
1040 none EventLady Godiva rides naked through Coventryas a protest against taxes levied by her husband the Earl of Mercia.
1044 July 5EventBattle of MenfoMagyars defeaed by the Germans.
1046 September 24DeathSaint Gerard of Csanad 
1048 August 9DeathPope damascus II 
1053 April 15DeathGodwineEarl of the West Saxons of England
1054 April 19DeathPope Leo IXBruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg
1054 July 17EventHenry V of GermanyCoronation.
1055 April 13EventPope Victor IIelected. Formerly Bishop Gebhard van Eichstitt
1056 June 17EventBattle of HerefordEnglish defeated by Gruffyd ap Llewelyn
1057 August 15EventBattle of LumphananMalcolm MacDuncan kills Macbeth, King of Scotland.
1057 none DeathKing Macbethof Scotland.
1057 September 30DeathLeofricEarl of Mercia.
1058 April 25EventCoronation of Malcolm IIIKing of Scotland.
1058 April 5EventBishop John "minchio" (domkop)elected as Pope Benedictus X
1062 August 9EventBattle of NissaHarold Hardrada defeats Sweyn II of Denmark
1065 June 24DeathFerdinand I "The Great"king of Castile.
1066 January 6DeathKing Edward the Confessorof England.
1066 October 2EventKing Harold of England learns of the landing of WilliamDuke of Normandy (The Bastard) while still at York in North East England.
1066 September 12EventHardraada sails from Norway to Englandvia Orkney and the Shetlands where he is augmented by Allies.
1066 September 15EventHarald Hardraada burns Scarborough.on first arriving in England.
1066 September 16EventHarold I of England marches northto meet the invaders.
1066 September 18EventHaraald Hardrada lands on the Humber RiverWith a huge Fleet of Ships. However not many were required for his army to leave again after their defeat!
1066 September 20EventBattle of Fulford GateHarald Hardraada defeats the English.
1066 September 20EventBattle of FulfordHarald III of Norway and Tostig defeat Edwin and morcar of the English.
1066 September 20EventThe Battle of FulfordOn the 20th September, 1066, Harald Hardraada of Norway marched to Fulford. There, they met the English Earl Edwin and Earl Morcar. Harald killed both of them and after a long and bloody battle, the remaining English soldiers fled.
1066 September 24EventYork entered by the Viking Raids. 
1066 September 25EventBattle of Stamford BridgeHarold Godwinson defeats Harald Hardraada near York.
1066 September 25EventBattle of Stamford BridgeKing Harold of England defeats and kills King Harald Haardrada of Norway and his Brother Tostig.
1066 September 25EventBattle of Stamford Bridge 
1066 September 27EventWillam of Normandy, "The Bastard"sails from France to England. The rest is history!
1066 September 28EventWilliam the Bastard invades England 
1075 June 9EventBattle of Homburg/UnstrutGerman King Henry IV defeats the Saksen.
511 November 27DeathKing Clovis of France"The Riparian" in Paris, France
742 April 2BirthCharlemagne, King of Franksde Paris. Aachen, Rhineland, Germany.
818 January 28DeathCharlemagne, King of Franksde Paris. Aachen, Rhineland, Germany.
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