Timeline of Anglo-Saxon England
| 449 | Hengest and Horsa supposedly arrive in Britain |
| 540 | The British writer Gildas laments the subjugation of the Britons by the Anglo-Saxons |
| 597 | St Augustine arrives to convert the English |
| 664 | Synod of Whitby (the Anglo-Saxon Church agrees to follow Roman practices) |
| c. 700 | Lindisfarne Gospels written and decorated |
| 731 | Bede completes his Ecclesiastical History |
| 793 | Vikings attack Lindisfarne |
| 871-899 | Alfred the Great king of Wessex |
| 878 | Alfred defeats the Viking army and the Vikings settle Eastern and northern England (the Danelaw) |
| 957-75 | England united under Edgar |
| c. 959-1010 | Benedictine Reform |
| 1016 | Cnut, king of Denmark becomes king of England |
| 1042-1066 | Edward the Confessor is the last Anglo-Saxon king; Battle of Hastings |
Last Update: 23 January, 2003