Surf Wiki
Save to docs
history

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

6th century in England

none

Summary

none

Events from the 6th century in England.

Events

  • c. 500
    • Angles colonise the North Sea and Humber coastal areas, particularly around Holderness.
  • 501
    • Port and his sons, Bieda and Mægla, arrive at modern-day Portsmouth.
  • 519
    • Cerdic founds the Kingdom of Wessex.
  • 527
    • Foundation of the Kingdom of Essex.
  • 536
    • The Extreme weather events of 535–536 likely caused a great famine and decline in population.
  • 547
    • Angles under Ida conquer a Celtic area called Bryneich, founding the Kingdom of Bernicia.
  • 549
    • A great plague causes much population loss.
  • 550
    • Gildas completes his post-Roman history On the Destruction of Britain.
  • 560
    • Angles conquer eastern Yorkshire and the British kingdom of Ebrauc, and establish the Kingdom of Deira.
  • 571
    • Foundation of the Kingdom of East Anglia.
    • Battle of Bedcanford: Cuthwulf captures Limbury, Aylesbury, Benson, and Eynsham.
  • 577
    • Battle of Deorham: Ceawlin of Wessex captures Gloucester, Cirencester and Bath from the British, expanding his kingdom to the west.
  • 581
    • Ælla enlarges the Kingdom of Deira.
  • 584
    • Battle of Fethanleag, perhaps at Stoke Lyne in Oxfordshire: Ceawlin and Cutha fight against the Britons; the latter is killed and the former returns to his kingdom.
  • 585
    • Foundation of the Kingdom of Mercia.
  • 590
    • Elmet joins an alliance of Celtic kingdoms against the expanding Angles of Bernicia.
    • Urien of Rheged murdered.
  • 597
    • Augustine leads a papal mission to Britain, converts Kent to Christianity, becomes the first Bishop of Canterbury and founds the predecessor of The King's School, Canterbury.
  • 598
    • Traditional foundation date of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.
  • c. 600
    • Battle of Catraeth (perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire): Northumbria defeats an invasion by a combined force from Wales and Lothian.
    • Possible foundation date of Repton Abbey.

References

References

  1. ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''.
  2. Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

6th-century-in-england british-history-timelines
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 6th century in England — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report