10th century in England

• 902 • Irish Norsemen, expelled from Dublin, establish colonies on The Wirral. • Edward dispatches an Anglo-Saxon army to attack the Northumbrian Vikings and ravages Scandinavian York. • The Dioceses of Bath and of Crediton are separated from that of Sherborne, Athelm being appointed first Bishop of Wells and Eadwulf of Crediton. Æthelweard briefly serves as Bishop of Sherborne at about this time. • 910–920 • Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, conquer most of the Danelaw. • 910 • 5 August – Battle of Tettenhall: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, allied with the forces of Mercia, defeats a Northumbrian Viking army; Eowils and Halfdan and Ingwær, kings of Northumbria, are killed. • 911 • Edward transfers London and Oxford from Mercia to Wessex. • Possible date (or 936?) – Conan is nominated as Bishop of Cornwall by Æthelstan. • 927 • King Æthelstan occupies York • 937 • Battle of Brunanburh: King Æthelstan defeats Olaf Guthfrithson, the Norse King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owain ap Dyfnwal, King of the Cumbrians. • 939 • Failed expedition to support King Louis IV of France against Otto, King of East Francia. • 944 • King Edmund takes York from the Vikings. • 971 • 15 July – the planned removal of the body of Saint Swithun during the re-building of Winchester Cathedral is delayed by 40 days due to rain. • Kenneth II of Scotland raids England, reaching as far as Yorkshire. • Viking raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years. • 986 • Cholsey Abbey, a nunnery, is founded in the upper Thames valley by dowager queen Ælfthryth. • 988 • 19 May – death of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. He is succeeded by Æthelgar. • 990 • 13 February – death of Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury. • Sigeric the Serious enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. • 991 • 1 March – Æthelred signs a treaty with Duke Richard I of Normandy, by which each agrees not to aid the others' enemies. • English invasion of Cumbria fails. • Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed. ==Births==

• 902 • Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 988) • 922 • King Edmund I of England (died 946) • 923 • King Eadred of England (died 955) • 943/44 • King Edgar of England (died 975) • c. 950 • Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 994) • c. 955 • Ælfric of Eynsham, abbot and religious writer (died 1010) • c. 962 • King Edward the Martyr (died 978) • 968 • King Æthelred the Unready (died 1016) ==Deaths==

• 902 • 5 December – Ealhswith, queen consort of Alfred the Great • 904 • John the Old Saxon, Abbot of Athelney (approximate date) • 908 • Denewulf, Bishop of Winchester • 909 – approximate date • Asser, Bishop of Sherborne and scholar • Wighelm, probable Bishop of Selsey • 911 • Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians • 912 • Wilferth, Bishop of Lichfield (approximate date) • 913 • Eadwulf II of Northumbria (killed) • 914 or 923 • 2 August – Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury • 915 • Cutheard of Lindisfarne, bishop (approximate date) • 917 • Guthrum II, presumed king of East Anglia • 918 • 12 June – Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (born c. 870) • 920 or 922 • Æthelweard (son of Alfred) • 921 • Ragnall ua Ímair, Norse King of Northumbria and Mann • 924 • 17 July – Edward the Elder, King of Wessex (born c. 871) • 2 August – Ælfweard of Wessex, King of Wessex • 926 • 8 January – Athelm, Archbishop of Canterbury • 927 • Sitric Cáech, Norse King of Northumbria • 939 • 27 October – Æthelstan, King of England (born c. 895) • 941 • 12 February – Wulfhelm, Archbishop of Canterbury • 946 • 26 May – King Edmund I of England (born 922) • 954 • Eric Bloodaxe, Norse King of Northumbria (born c. 895) • 955 • 23 November – King Eadred of England (born c. 923) • 958 • Oda, Archbishop of Canterbury • 959 • Ælfsige, Archbishop of Canterbury • c. 962/3 • Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia • 971 • Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon • 973 • 15 May – Byrhthelm, Archbishop of Canterbury • 975 • 8 July – King Edgar of England (born c. 943) • 977 • 30 April–2 May – Sideman, Bishop of Crediton • 978 • 18 March – King Edward the Martyr (born c. 962) • 983 • 8 July – Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King • 988 • Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 909) • 990 • 13 February – Æthelgar, Archbishop of Canterbury • 994 • 28 October – Sigeric the Serious, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 950) ==References==