Empire and Peoples Timeline, p. 65-66

55-c. 120   Tacitus (P. Cornelius Tacitus)
  97/98 Publication of On Germany
235-84   The 'third-century crisis' of usurpations and revolts
284-305   Reign of Emperor Diocletian
  286 Empire divided between two augusti: Diocletian in the East, and Maximian in the west
  301 Edict of Prices, shortly after an edict on tax-reform
306-37   Reign of Emperor Constantine
  306 Constantine elected emperor ('raised to the purple') at York
  312 Battle of Milvian Bridge; conversion of Constantine to Christianity
  324 Founding of Constantinople
c.345-402   Symmachus, senatorial aristocrat in the west
360-3   Reign of the pagan Emperor Julian
  357 Battle of Strasbourg
  363 Julian killed in the course of a Persian campaign
364-78   Reign of Emperor Valens in the east
  c.375 Arrival of the Huns east of the Roman Empire
  376 Visigoths cross the River Danube and settle in the Roman province of Thrace
  378 Valens defeated and killed by the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople
379-95   Reign of Emperor Theodosius I the Great
  383 Attempted usurpation from Britain of Magnus Maximus
  379-88 Ruler in the East
  388-94 De facto ruler of the whole empire
  391 Prohibited pagan worship
  394 Battle of the Frigidus and defeat of the usurper, Eugenius
  394-5 Sole emperor
395-423   Reign of Emperor Honorius in the west
  405 The Goths cross the River Rhine led by Radagaisus
  406-7 Attempted usurpations from Britain of Marcus, Gratian, and Constantine III
  407 The Vandals, Burgundians, and Suebi cross the River Rhine
  410 Alaric, king of the Visigoths, sacks Rome
  411 Settlement of the Suebi in north-west Spain
  418 Settlement of the Visigoths in south-west Gaul
395-408   Reign of Emperor Arcadius in the east
408-50   Reign of Emperor Theodosius II in the east
  437 Code of Theodosius issued
425-55   Reign of Emperor Valentinian III in the west
  429 The Vandals cross the Straits of Gibraltar to North Africa
  439 The Vandals capture Carthage
  443 Settlement of the Burgundians in Switzerland and neighbouring areas
  449 Date given by Bede for the arrival of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in Britain
  451 The Huns invade Gaul under Attila
  454 Settlement of the Ostrogoths in Pannonia
473-5   Reign of Julius Nepos, emperor at Rome
475-6   Reign of Romulus Augustulus, emperor at Rome
  476 Deposition by Odoacer
476-93   Reign in Italy of Odoacer
493-526   Reign in Italy of Theoderic, king of the Ostrogoths
481-511   Reign of Clovis, king of the Franks
532-4   The Franks invade and destroy the kingdom of Burgundy
527-65   Reign of Justinian, emperor of Byzantium
  536 Invasion of Italy
568   Establishment of the kingdom of the Lombards in Italy
616   Death of Æthelberht, king of Kent
711   Moslem invasion of Spain and destruction of the kingdom of the Visigoths
751-68   Reign of Pippin III, king of the Franks
768-814   Reign of Charlemagne, king of the Franks and from 800 emperor
814-40   Reign of Louis the Pious, emperor
  840-3 Civil wars between the sons of Louis the Pious
  842 Oaths of Strasbourg between Louis the Pious's sons, Charles the Bald and Louis the German, and their followers
  842 Treaty of Verdun
870   Treaty of Meersen absorbs the Middle Kingdom in the kingdoms of East Frankia and West Frankia
871-99   Reign of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
  866 Arrival in East Anglia of the Viking Great Army

Power and Society Timeline, p. 140-141

100 BC-44 BC   Julius Caesar, Roman general and writer
55-c. 120   Tacitus, Roman writer
  97/8 Publication of On Germany
357   Battle of Strasbourg
c.457-81   Childeric, king of the Franks
476-93   Odoacer, ruler in Italy
471-526   Theoderic, king of the Ostrogoths, king in Italy 493-526
481-511   Clovis, Merovingian king of the Franks
  507 Victory over the Visigoths at Vouille
524   Killing of King Sigismund of the Burgundians
527-65   Justinian I, emperor
561-84   Chilperic I, joint king of the Franks
575-95   Childebert I, king of the Franks Killing of Queen Galswinth
613   Killing of Brunhild, regent for Childebert II (575-91), Theudebert II (595­612), and Theoderic II (595-613)
c.616-633   Edwin, first Christian king of Northumbria
634-42   Oswald, king of Northumbria
655   Killing of King Oswine of the southern Northumbrians (Deira)
c.673-735   Bede
  7 31 Ecclesiastical History of the English People
  734 Letter to Bishop Ecgberht of York
716-57   Æthelbald, king of Mercia
751-68   Pippin III, king of the Franks
  751 Replacement of Childeric III, last Merovingian king of the Franks, by the first Carolingian king, Pippin III, and his anointing by Archbishop Boniface
  754 Anointing of King Pippin III by Pope Stephen
757-96   Offa, king of Mercia Construction of Offa's Dyke
  794 Killing of Æthelberht, king of the East Angles
768-814   Charlemagne, king of the Franks, and emperor
  778 Expedition to Zaragoza
  794 Coinage reform (Class III to Class IV)
  799 Deposition of Pope Leo III and his flight to Charlemagne's court at Paderborn
  800 Coronation of Charlemagne as emperor in Rome
  802 Reform of missi dominici
  805/6 Capitulary of Diedenhofen (Thionville)
  806 Capitulary of Nijmegen
814-40   Louis the Pious, king of the Franks and emperor
840-70   Charles the Bald, king of the Franks and emperor
c.806-82 829 Jonas of Orleans writes Royal Institution
  848 Anointing as king of Aquitaine
  869 Anointing as king of Lotharingia
    Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims, author of On the Organisation of the Palace
871-99   Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
918   Death of Æthelted, lady of Mercia
919-36   Henry I the Fowler, king of Germany
927-39   Æthelstan, king of England
936-73   Otto I, king of Germany
  936 Coronation at Aachen
  962 Crowned emperor in Rome
961-83   Otto II, king of Germany
978-1016 961 Crowned king
  967 Crowned emperor
  972 Married the Byzantine princess, Theophanu
  973 Came to power on Otto I's death
983-1002   Æthelred the Unready, king of England
  978 Murder of Edward the Martyr, king of England
991   Otto III, king and emperor
  984 Crowned king at Aachen
  997 Crowned emperor in Rome by the pope
1002-24   Henry II, king of Germany
996-1031   1014 Crowned emperor Robert the Pious, king of France
1030   Death in battle of King Olaf of Norway
1016-35   Cnut, king of England, king of Denmark (c. 1018-35)
1042-66   Edward the Confessor, king of England

The Economic Foundation Timeline, p. 226-227

27 BC   Death of Marcus Terentius Varro, author of On the Affairs of the Countryside
70   Death of Lucius Junius Columella, author of On Agriculture
543-late 7th century   Plague
  543-6 in the Byzantine Empire
  563 in the Auvergne (France)
  570 in North Italy, Gaul, and Spain
  592 at Tours and Nantes Mid to late 7th century: in England
561-92   Reign of Guntram, joint king of the Franks (welcomed by Syrians)
  591 Eusebius the Syrian becomes bishop of Paris
619   Life of John the Almsgiver
627   Edwin, first Christian king of Northumbria, baptised at York
635-c.750   Arab military and political expansion
648   Cenwalh, king of Wessex, founds church at Winchester
657-73   Reign of Chlotar III, king of the Franks
662   Emperor Constans II uses the coast-road from Constantinople to Athens
670s   Relics of St Birinus translated to Winchester
690/720   Dumps at the Crypta Balbi, Rome
  690 First dump
  720 Second dump
c.673-735   Bede, monk of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Early 8th century   Pippin (from 751 King Pippin III) conquers Frisia
Late 8th century   Venice emerges as a trading centre
c.700-c. 787   Willibald, English missionary and pilgrim to the Holy Land
751-68   Pippin III, king of the Franks
753-96   Offa, king of Mercia
768-814   Charlemagne, king of the Franks and emperor
  770s Conquest of Lombardy
  794 Reform of coins from 1.3 g to 1.4 g c.
  800 Polyptych of St Germain-des-Pres
Early 9th century   Coppergate Helmet, York
808   King Godefrid of the Danes moves the merchants from Reric to Haithabu
814-40   Louis the Pious, emperor
  839 Greek ambassadors come to Louis the Pious in company with Rus
831-2   First journey recorded via the Gulf of Corinth
840-70   Charles the Bald, king of the Franks and emperor
  844-8 Polyptych of Saint-Bertin
    Mid-9th century Dorestad ceases to function
c.850   Swedish campaign in Kurland, south of Baltic Sea
860s   Papal envoys cross the Balkans overland
867   Bernard the Frank's journey to Jerusalem
871-99   Alfred, the Great, king of Wessex
    Winchester street-plan laid out
c.900   Compilation of the Burghal Hidage
913   Repopulation of San Juan de las Abbadessas (Spain)
921-2   Embassy of Ibn Fadlan from the caliph of Baghdad to the king of the Bulgars
Mid-10th century   Southampton replaces Hamwih
1050   Haithabu abandoned
1086   Domesday Book
1170   Death of St Godric of Finchale

The Church’s Triumph Timeline, p. 302-303

c.100   Mithraism appears as a cult in the Roman Empire
c.155   Martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna
c.232-c. 303   Porphyry, Neoplatonic philosopher
245-305   Reign of Emperor Diocletian
306-37   Reign of Emperor Constantine
  312 Battle of Milvian Bridge
  313 Edict of Milan
  314 Council of Arles on Donatism
  c.324 Victory over the eastern emperor Licinius
  325 Council of Nicaea on Arianism
360-3   Reign of Emperor Julian the Apostate
c.311-83   Ulfilas, missionary to the Goths, translator of the Bible into Gothic
c.315/c.336-397   St Martin, bishop of Tours
  360 Founds monastery of Liguge
  372 Founds monastery of Marmoutiers
353/5-431   Paulinus, founder of the monastery of Nola (southern Italy)
379-95   Reign of Emperor Theodosius I the Great
  391 Prohibits paganism
  394 Battle of the Frigidus and defeat of the usurper, Eugenius
354-430   Augustine of Hippo
c.330-79   St Basil 'the Great'
  357-8 Visits monks in Egypt and the Holy Land
  358-9 Rule of St Basil
c.339-97   St Ambrose, bishop of Milan
  381 Council of Aquileia
  391/2 Council of Capua
c.345-420   St Jerome, translator of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate)
  382-5 Secretary to Pope Damasus
  386 Settled as abbot in Bethlehem
c.410   Honoratus founds a monastery on the island of Lerins near Marseilles (France)
c.360-after 430   John Cassian, monk, author of the Institutes and the Conferences
Mid-/late 5th century   St Patrick evangelises Ireland
440-61   Leo I, pope
492-6   Gelasius I, pope
481-511   Clovis, first Christian king of the Franks 496 or 503, 506, 508 Baptised
c. 470-542   Caesarius, bishop of Arles
522   Council of Orleans
480-524   Boethius, author of the Consolation of Philosophy
c. 480-c. 550   St Benedict of Nursia
  c.540 Rule of St Benedict
485/90-c. 580   Cassiodorus, founder of the monastery of Vivarium
527-65   Justinian I, emperor
c. 540-604   Gregory the Great, pope
  597 Pope Gregory the Great's missionary Augustine arrives in Kent
?-61 5   St Columbanus, abbot, founder of monasteries of Luxeuil and Annegray (France) and Bobbio (Italy)
c. 560-636   Isidore of Seville, author of the Etymologies, bishop of Seville
c.616-633   Edwin, king of Northumbria Marriage to Æthelburg of Kent
  627 Baptism
c.620-30   Burial mounds at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England
634-42   Oswald, king of Northumbria

  634 Battle of Heavenfield
  635 Foundation of the island monastery of Lindisfarne (Holy Island) as the bishopric for Northumbria by the missionary Aidan and King Oswald
642-70   Oswiu, king of Northumbria
  664 Synod of Whitby
687   St Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, dies as a hermit on the Inner Farne (England)
634-709   St Wilfrid, bishop and abbot
8th century   The Franks Casket, Northumbria
c.705-44   Daniel, bishop of Winchester, author of a letter of advice on conversion to the missionary Boniface
744   Sturm founds the monastery of Fulda (Germany)
754   Martyrdom in Frisia of the English missionary Boniface, archbishop of Mainz
768-814   Reign of Charlemagne, king of the Franks and emperor
  782 First Saxon capitulary
  794 Synod of Frankfurt

Scholarship and Art Timeline, p. 338-339

306-37   Reign of Emperor Constantine
    Basilica Nova, Rome
    Church of St Peter in the Vatican
    Church of St John in the Lateran
    Church of Santa Constanza, Rome
c.311-83   Ulfilas, missionary to the Goths, translator of the Bible into Gothic
354-430   Augustine of Hippo
  395-8 The Confessions
  416-22 The City of God
5th century   Martianus Capella, author of The Marriage of Philology and Mercury
417   Orosius, author of History against the Pagans
480-524   Boethius, author of The Consolation of Philosophy
485/90-c. 580   Cassiodorus, author of the Variae, History of the Goths (lost), founder of Vivarium
527-65   Reign of Emperor Justinian
    San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy)
    Haghia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
c.540-94   Gregory of Tours, author of the History of the Franks (Ten Books of Histories), and the Lives of the Fathers
c.530-c. 600   Venantius Fortunatus, author of Latin poetry and a Life of St Martin
590-604   Pope Gregory the Great, author of The Pastoral Care, the Dialogues, the Commentary on Job
c.560-636   Isidore of Seville, bishop of Seville, author of the Etymologies, and the Great Chronicle
7th century   Book of Durrow
?-689   Benedict Biscop, abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow (England)
  673/4 founds Monkwearmouth
  681/2 founds Jarrow
688-716   Ceolfrith, abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow
c.673-735   Bede, monk of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, author of the Reckoning of Time, and the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Early 8th century   Lindisfarne Gospels
8th century   Buildings and sculpture
    Naranco, palace near Oviedo (Spain)
    Ruthwell Cross (Scotland)
    Bewcastle Cross (or monument; Cumbria)
    St Andrews sarcophagus (Scotland)
    Church of Santa Maria, Cividale (Italy)
c. 675-754   Boniface (Wynfrith), missionary, archbishop of Mainz (Germany)
c.700-84   Virgil, missionary, bishop of Salzburg (Austria)
768-814   Charlemagne, king and emperor
  789 The General Admonition
c.720-c.800   Paul the Deacon, scholar at Charlemagne's court, author of the Deeds of the Bishops of Metz, and the History of the Lombards
c.730-802   Paulinus of Aquileia, scholar at Charlemagne's court
c.740-804   Alcuin of York, scholar at Charlemagne's court, abbot of St Martin's, Tours (France)
c.750-821   Theodulf, bishop of Orleans, scholar at Charlemagne's court, author of the Caroline Books
814-40   Reign of Emperor Louis the Pious
c. 810-c.877   John the Scot, Eriugena, author of On the Division of Nature
871-99   Alfred the Great, king of Wessex
  887 Grimbald of Saint-Bertin at King Alfred's court
  890 John the Old Saxon at King Alfred's court
  893 Asser of St David's writes the Life of King Alfred
902   Death of Hoger, abbot of Werden, author of Musica enchiriadis
c.950-c. 1010   Ælfric of Eynsham, author of homilies and saints' lives in Old English