anglo-saxon

  • 400

    Roman legions began to withdraw from Britain

  • 410

    Britain organized their own defenses

  • 450

    Ango-Saxon Britain

  • 579

    Christianity is gradually spread across England

  • 700

    Epic Poem: The first hero Beowulf

  • 793

    Vikings migrated overseas to Britain

  • 844

    English Culture Restoration

  • 870

    Vikings invaded Wessex

  • 878

    King of Wessex Defeat Vikings

  • 890

    Anglo-sxon chornicles have started being written

  • Period: 900 to 1200

    Old Englise Prose

  • 937

    Heroic Poems

  • 937

    Battle of Brunanburh

    Celebrates the victory of King Athelstan over the Scots and Norse
  • 942

    Short Poem: Capture of the five Boroughs

  • 973

    Coronation of King Edgar

  • 975

    Dead of King Edgar

  • 990

    AEfric begins to write

  • 1036

    Dead of Prince Alfred

  • 1036

    Dead of Prince Alfred

  • 1066

    The last king is defeated

  • 1085

    End of Anglo-Saxon England