CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF
LEADING EVENTS MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME 463 Death of St Patrick. c. 490-583 Cassiodorus. 576-636 Isidore of Seville. 594 Death of Gregory of Tours. 597 Death of Columba. Augustine’s mission in Kent. 604 Death of St Gregory the Great. 615 Death of Columban. 690 Death of Benedict Biscop. 704 Death of Adamnan. 709 Death of Aldhelm. 732 Victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens at Poitiers. 735 Death of Bede (most probable date). 756 'Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya, emir of Spain. c. 787 First landing of the Vikings in England. 796 Death of Offa of Mercia. e. 800 The invasions of the Northmen begin. 802-825 The Northmen establish themselves in Ireland. 802-839 Reign of Ecgbert as king of M'essex. 804 Death of Alcuin. 814-840 Reign of Louis the Pious. 817 Dii'isio Imperii. Death of St Benedict of Aniane. 824 840- Promulgation of the Constitutio Romana. 825 Conquest of Cornwall by Ecgbert. 841Collapse of Mefcia.
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826 St Anskar’s first mission to Scandinavia. 827-831 Saracen conquest of Sicily. 833 The Field of Lies. 834 'The Norstmen attack the Frankish Empire in 835 Resumption of Viking raids upon England. 840 Death of Einhard. 840-855 Reign of Loth|ir I. 840-876 Reign of Louis the Gei-man. 877 Reign hf Charles the Bald. 84]»
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Fontenoy (2-5 June). Battle tieight of the Viking invasions. Oa^i of Strasbourg (54 Feb.).
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842
at Rome by the Saracens. Treaty of Verdun (Aug.). Division of the Frankish Empire. ,* C44-860 Kenneth Mac Alpin of Scotlanti
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Sack oi St Peter’s
