28 March 796SuccessionEardwulf
Succeeds as King of Northumbria, 1st term
Historical records for England in 796, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Succeeds as King of Northumbria, 1st term
Succeeds as King of Northumbria, succeeds Aethelred I after plotting his assassination
Forced to abdicate in favour of Eardwulf
Aethelred I is assassinated
Death of Aethelred I, assassinated
Allies with Charles of the Franks to protect merchants on both sides of the Channel
Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England & the beginning of the rise of Wessex. Death of Offa
Death of Ecgfrith
Assassinated by Ealdred, a supporter of Osbald
Assassinated by Ealdred, a supporter of Osbald
Death of Egfrith
Succeeds as King of Mercia
Succeeds as King of Kent, last independent descendent of the Kentish royal family. Deposes Athelheard pro-Mercian Archbishop of Canterbury installed by Offa. After Offas death Eadberht renounces his orders in France & seizes the Kentish throne
Succeeds as King of East Anglia
Succeeds as King of Mercia
Succeeds as King of Mercia, reigns for 141 days
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