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Beowulf is composed by an unknown poet

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Europe Charlemagne crowned king of the Franks, becomes ruler of what would be called the Holy Roman Empire

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Firstly Papal legation to England conducts first coronation

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Vikings attack lindisfarne

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Vikings sack London in 842 and 851

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King Alfred defeats Vikings at wessex

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King Alfred now called “the great” captured London and is accepted as ruler of all the England

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King Alfred orders compilation of the Anglo Saxon chronicles which continues into the twelfth century

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Western Europe feudalism develops

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Saxon monks copy old English poems into the Exeter book

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Erik the red establishes first Viking colony in Greenland

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English are defeated by Danes at battle of Maldon

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Year cited by historians as end of dark ages

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English accept sweyn, king of Denmark, as ruler

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North America Viking leif erikson explores Canadian coast

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Historical Macbeth becomes king of Scotland after killing king Duncan

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Normans defeat Saxons at Hastings; William the conqueror becomes king of England