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Historical Events Dates for the Darkage 400-1066AD 
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0479 July 29DeathSaint Lupus of Troyes. 
0493 March 15DeathOdiakerGerman Army leader and King of Italy (476-493)
0523 May 6DeathThrasamunde, King of Vandalen 
0526 August 30DeathKing Theodoric of the Ostragoths 
0526 May 18DeathPope John I (523-26) 
0532 October 17DeathSaint Boniface IIPope.
0534 October 2DeathAthalaricKing of the Ostragoths.
0535 May 8DeathPope John (Mercurious)(533-35)
0536 April 22DeathPope Agapitus I (535-36) 
0545 June 3DeathChlotilde - wife of St ClovisKing of France.
0548 June 28DeathTheodoraEmpess of Byzantium.
0555 June 7DeathPope Vigilius(537-55).
0555 June 7DeathPope Vigilius 
0587 August 13DeathSt. RadegundQueen of the Franks.
0597 none DeathSt ColumbaLater sanctified.
0601 none DeathSt Augustine 
0601 none DeathPope Gregory I 
0604 June 7DeathSaint Augustine. 
0615 May 25DeathPope Boniface IV(608-15)
0618 November 8DeathSt DeusdeditPope.
0622 August 13DeathSaint Maximus the Confessor 
0625 October 25DeathPope Boniface V 
0628 April 3DeathEmperor Chosroes II of PersiaWho was murdered by his son
0629 October 18DeathClotaire IIKing of France.
0635 October 21DeathSaint Fintan of Taghmon 
0636 April 5DeathSt. Isidore of Seville 
0638 March 11DeathSaint Sophronius of JerusalemPatriarch of Jerusalem.
0640 August 2DeathSeverinusPope
0641 July 18DeathSaint Arnulf of Metz 
0642 August 5DeathSt Oswald, King of Northumbriakilled by Penda, King of Mercia.
0644 October 10DeathSaint Paulinus of York 
0653 September 30DeathSaint Honorius of Canterbury 
0655 October 31DeathSaint Follian. 
0655 September 16DeathSaint MartinPope
0668 July 15DeathConstans IIEastern Roman Emporer.
0670 August 30DeathSaint Fiacreof Ireland.
0670 November 1DeathSaint Omer 
0675 October 3DeathSaint Ewalds the Two. 
0676 August 8DeathSaint Colmanof Lindesfarne
0678 April 11DeathPope DonusDies.
0679 October 2DeathSaint Leger 
0683 July 3DeathSaint Leo IIPope
0685 May 8DeathPope Benedict II(683-85)
0690 September 19DeathSaint Theodoreof Canterbury.
0704 September 23DeathSaint Adamnan 
0707 October 18DeathPope John VII 
0711 April 14DeathChildebert IIIKing of the French
0714 April 11DeathSt. Guthlac 
0715 April 9DeathPope Constantine IGreek/Syrian Pope
0721 October 25DeathSaint John of Beverly. 
0735 none DeathThe Venerable BedeFirst English Historian?
0739 November 7DeathSaint Willibroard 
0740 July 4DeathSaint Andrew of Crete 
0741 October 22DeathCharles Martel "The Hammer"Mayor of the Palace.
0751 April 9DeathPope Constantine 
0754 June 5DeathSt BonifaceEnglish Saint and Archbishop.
0757 April 26DeathPope Stephen III 
0767 June 28DeathSaint PaulPope.
0768 September 24DeathPepin II "the short"Father of Charlemagne.
0786 October 16DeathSaint Lull 
0796 July 26DeathOffaKing of the English
0802 none DeathKing Beorhtric of WessexBuried at Wareham
0803 August 9DeathSt IreneFirst Byzantian Empress
0804 May 19DeathAlcuin of YorkEnglish Scholar dies in Tours, France at 69
0807 none DeathKing Cuthred of Kent. 
0810 July 8DeathPepin IIIKing of France.
0810 none DeathKing Eardwulf of NorwaySucceeded by his son.
0811 July 26DeathNicephoros IByzantian emporer killed in battle.
0813 September 25Deathal-Amin ibn Harun al-Rashid 
0816 June 12DeathPope Leo IIIItalian Pope (795-816)
0816 June 12DeathSt LeoPope
0821 none DeathKing Coenwulf of Merciain Basingwerk and buried at Winchcombe Abbey.
0828 April 5DeathNicephorusPatriarch of Constantinople (806-15)
0838 none DeathBattle of Hingston DownKing Egbert defeats Vikings and the British of Dumnonia.
0839 none DeathKing Egbert of Wessexand All England.
0840 June 20DeathLouis I "the Pius"Holy Roman Emperor.
0840 June 6DeathAgobardArchbishop of Lyon and anti-semite
0841 none DeathKing Eanred of NorthumbriaSucceeded by his Son as King Aethelred II
0847 June 14DeathSaint Methodius of Constantinople. 
0848 none DeathAssasination of King Aethelred IIof Northumbria. He is succeeded by Osbeorht, a person of unknown lineage.
0852 none DeathKing Beorhtwulf of MerciaHe is succeeded by his kinsman, Burghred.
0853 September 17DeathSaint Columba of Cordoba 
0855 July 17DeathSaint LeoPope.
0858 none DeathKing Aethelbald of WessexSucceeded by his brother, sub-King Aethelbert of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex.
0862 July 15DeathSaint Swithin 
0865 none DeathKing Aethelbert of WessexSucceeded by his third son, Aethelred I
0869 August 8DeathKing Lothairof Lorraine.
0869 November 20DeathSt Edmund, King of the East Angleswas killed on this day (or it may have been 870)
0871 April 23DeathEthelred I King of WessexBrother of Alfred the Great.
0872 December 14DeathPope Adrian IIDied on this day.
0876 August 28DeathKing Louis the German. 
0877 October 23DeathSaint Ignatius of Constantinople 
0879 April 10DeathKing Louis II "The Stutterer"of France.
0882 August 5DeathLouis IIIKing of France.
0885 April 6DeathMethodiusGreek Apostle of the slaves and archbishop of Sirmium
0896 April 5DeathPope Formosus 
0898 October 15DeathSaint Eythymuis the Younger. 
0899 none DeathKing Alfred the great of Wessex and All EnglandSucceeded by his son, Edward.
0899 none DeathKing Alfred the Greatof England.
0900 August 13DeathZwendibold, King of Lorrainekilled in battle.
0900 June 17DeathFulk, Archbishop of Rheimskilled by the count of Flanders.
0900 none DeathKing Donald IIThe first King of the Picts and Scots in battle.
0901 October 28DeathAlfred I "The Great"King of England
0911 April 14DeathPope Sergius IIIItalian Pope (904-11).
0912 May 12DeathLeo VI SophosByzantine Emperor (886-912) dies at 45
0918 June 12DeathEthelfledadaughter of Alfred the Great of England.
0918 none DeathKing Eric of East Angliaresulting in East Anglia being brought under Wessex rule.
0918 September 23DeathConrad IKing of Germany.
0921 September 16DeathSaint LudmillaMurdered.
0924 July 17DeathEdward "The Elder"King of the Anglo-Saxons
0924 none DeathKing Edward the Elder of EnglandSucceeded by his son, Athelstan.
0929 October 7DeathCharles III "The Simple"King of France.
0930 June 25DeathFather Hucbald 
0933 none DeathPrince AelfweardBrother of King Athelstan who drowned en route to France and is buried at Saint-Bertin.
0936 July 2DeathHenry I "The Fowler"King of Germany
0938 July 10DeathPope Benedict VII 
0942 November 18DeathSaint Odo of Cluny 
0946 May 25DeathEdmund the Older King of Wessex(939-46)
0954 none DeathKing Eric Bloodaxeof Norse York.
0956 June 17DeathHugh "the Great" of France 
0959 July 4DeathSaint Odo the Good. 
0959 October 3DeathSaint Gerard of Brogne. 
0961 October 11DeathSaint Bruno 
0964 May 14DeathPope John XII (Octavianus)(642-49) Excommunicated by Pope Paul II.
0973 July 4DeathSaint Ulrich, Bishop and Patron of AugsburgFirst person to be canonised by a Pope.
0973 May 7DeathOtto I "The Great"Holy Roman Emperor (962-973)
0981 June 20DeathSaint Adalbert of Magdeburg 
0984 August 1DeathSaint Ethelwold 
0984 September 16DeathSaint Edith of Wilton 
0987 May 21DeathLouis V of FranceLast Carolingian King
0988 May 19DeathDunstanArchbishop of Canterbury.
0992 June 27DeathConan Iof Brittany
0994 October 31DeathSaint Wolfgang 
0996 October 24DeathHugh CapetKing of France.
1003 May 12DeathPope Sylvester II (Gerbert van Aurillac)First French Pope.
1012 May 12DeathPope Sergius IV (Pietro Crescentii) 
1015 July 15DeathSaint Vladimir. 
1021 September 12DeathSaint Guy of Anderlecht 
1022 September 02DeathMaelsechlainn II "The Great"High-King of Ireland.
1024 July 10DeathPope Benedict VIII 
1024 July 15DeathSaint Henry IIHoly Roman Emperor
1031 July 20DeathRobert IIKing of France.
1035 none DeathKnut, son of Sveyn crowned Kingof England, Denmark and Norway. Also known as Canute.
1038 August 15DeathSaint StephenKing of Hungary
1040 March 17DeathHarold King of EnglandDies.
1046 September 24DeathSaint Gerard of Csanad 
1048 August 9DeathPope damascus II 
1053 April 15DeathGodwineEarl of the West Saxons of England
1054 April 19DeathPope Leo IXBruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg
1057 none DeathKing Macbethof Scotland.
1057 September 30DeathLeofricEarl of Mercia.
1065 June 24DeathFerdinand I "The Great"king of Castile.
1066 January 6DeathKing Edward the Confessorof England.
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