Region: Western Europe · Coordinates: 51.509, -0.126 · 25 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 604 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Augustine consecrated Mellitus and Justus as bishops: Mellitus for the East Saxons (the London diocese), and Justus for Rochester. |
| AD 839 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | A great slaughter took place at London, Canterbury, and Rochester (London is chosen as the representative site). |
| AD 872 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The army went from Reading to London and set up winter quarters there; the Mercians made peace. |
| AD 886 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | When Alfred fortified London, almost all the English submitted to him, and he entrusted it to Ealdorman Æthelred. |
| AD 912 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | When Ealdorman Æthelred died, King Edward took London, Oxford, and the lands belonging to them. |
| AD 961 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | A great plague (fever) raged in London; St Paul's Cathedral burned and was restored; Dunstan became archbishop. |
| AD 982 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | London was burned by fire. |
| AD 992 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The king and council gathered all the usable ships at London and entrusted command to Ealdorman Ælfric and Earl Thorod. |
| AD 994 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Olaf and Swein, with 94 ships, besieged London and tried to set it on fire, but they suffered great harm instead. |
| AD 1012 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Before Easter Edric and the elders of the council stayed in London until they had paid the tribute of 48,000 pounds in full; Archbishop Ælfheah, who refused to pay, was seized by the army and killed. |
| AD 1017 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Ealdorman Edric was killed in London. |
| AD 1023 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Cnut gave permission at St Paul's in London to disinter the body of St Ælfege from its tomb and move it. |
| AD 1055 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | At the great council in London, Earl Ælfgar was banished on a charge of treason, though he was almost without guilt. |
| AD 1057 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | Edward the Ætheling returned from Hungary, died soon after, and was buried at St Paul's in London. |
| AD 1077 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | London burned greatly on the night before the Assumption. |
| AD 1114 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The Thames tide ran out strangely low, and people crossed on horseback and on foot to the east of London Bridge. |
| AD 1154 | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle | The count (Henry II) returned to England and was consecrated king in London. |
| AD 1618 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | Robert Cushman carried the Leiden church's letters and confession of faith in person to Sir John Wolstenholme, and sat in on the reading (negotiations with the Virginia Company). |
| AD 1619 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | After a long wait, they obtained a patent confirmed with the seal of the Virginia Company. The applicant in name was John Wincob. |
| AD 1620 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | The seven-year joint-stock terms between merchant investors and emigrants (16 and over, £10 per person = one share, etc.) were fixed in writing. |
| AD 1626 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | They sent Allerton to England to negotiate the terms with the investors, with instructions not to finalize anything. |
| AD 1626 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | At the investors' meeting on October 26, the agreed contract for buying Plymouth (payment of £1,800, etc.) was put in writing and fixed. |
| AD 1630 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | After long negotiation, the Plymouth and Kennebec patents were issued in Bradford's name. |
| AD 1635 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | On behalf of the colony, Winslow submitted a petition asking for protection or permission against French and Dutch schemes to divide the land. |
| AD 1646 | Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation | Discontented figures from Massachusetts tried to shake Plymouth, so Winslow went to England to defend it. |