Historical events in 920

9 historical records

920 · England · Kent · House · House of Kent · Edwin

Succession

Succeeds as King of Kent

920 · England · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Edward the Elder

Homage

Constantine II of Scotland, and the King's of Strathclyde, York, and Northumbria acknowledge Edward the Elder as their overlord

920 · England · Cheshire · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Edward the Elder

Invasion of Cheshire

Norse Vikings under Sihtric attack Cheshire

920 · England · Bakewell · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Edward the Elder

Northern Submission

Edward received the submission of northern rulers and strengthened English authority around the Danelaw.

920 · England · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Edward the Elder

Rule of England

The chroniclers record that all England "accepted Edward as Lord"

920 · England · Warfare · Viking Invasions · Edward the Elder

Unification

The chroniclers record that all England "accepted Edward as Lord". Constantine II of Scotland, and the King's of Strathclyde, York, and Northumbria acknowledge Edward the Elder as their overlord

920 · Germany · Lusatian Sorbs · Warfare · German-Saxon War · Henry I the Fowler

Capture of Lusatian Sorbs

Defeats & captures Lusatian Sorbs

920 · Roman Empire · House · House of Macedonian · Romanus I Lecapenus

Succession

Succeeds as Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire

920 · Scotland · Bakewell · House · House of Alpin · Constantine II

Meeting with Edward the Elder

Constantine II meets Edward the Elder at Bakewell; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle portrays the northern rulers as accepting Edward's overlordship.