Battle of Hingston Down
Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex. Defeats a combined army of Britons and Norse at Hingston Down, Cornwall
Role range: 0802-0839
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Egbert Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Egbert through 44 dated historical records for England.
Egbert, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
44Distinct records
2 of 2Page
838–839Years on this page
838
Capture of Cornwall
Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex
Role range: 0802-0839
Rule of Cornwall
Egbert is victorious at Hingston Down & annexes Cornwall to Wessex
Role range: 0802-0839
839
Death of Egbert
Death of Egbert, end of a succesful 37 year reign
Role range: 0802-0839
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.