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| 1 | 750 | - 750—799: ROYAL: Charlemagne .Becomes king of the Franks (771).
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| 2 | 800 | - 800—849: ROYAL: Charlemagne crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.Rome (800). Charlemagne dies (814), succeeded by his son, Louis the Pious, who divides France among his sons (817). Arabs conquer Crete, Sicily, and Sardinia (826n827).
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| 3 | 802 | - 802—839: ROYAL: Egbert, Ruler of England .Saxon - First King of all England. King of Wessex, won allegiance of all English.
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| 4 | 839 | - 839—858: ROYAL: Ethelwulf, Ruler of England .Ruler of England Saxon - Son of Egbert, King of Wessex, Sussex, Kent, Essex.
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| 5 | 850 | - 850—899: WAR: .Norsemen attack as far south as the Mediterranean but are thwarted (859), discover Iceland (861). Alfred the Great becomes king of Britain (871), defeats Danish invaders (878). Russian nation founded by Vikings under Prince Rurik, establishing capital at Novgorod (855-879).
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| 6 | 858 | - 858—860: ROYAL: Ethelbald, Ruler of England.Saxon - Son of Ethelwulf, displaced father in Wessex.
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| 7 | 860 | - 860—866: ROYAL: Ethelbert, Ruler of England .Saxon - 2nd son of Ethelwulf, united Kent and Wessex.
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| 8 | 866 | - 866—871: ROYAL: Ethelred I, Ruler of England.Saxon - 3rd son of Ethelwulf, King of Wessex, fought Danes.
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| 9 | 871 | - 871—899: ROYAL: .Ruler of England - Alfred the Great. Saxon - 4th son of Ethelwulf, defeated Danes, fortified London.
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| 10 | 899 | - 899—824: ROYAL: Edward the Elder, Ruler of England.Saxon - Alfred's son, united English, claimed Scotland.
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| 11 | 900 | - 900—949: HISTORY: .Beginning of Mayan Post-Classical period (900-1519). Vikings discover Greenland (c. 900). Arab Spain under Abd ar-Rahman III becomes center of learning (912 -961). Otto I becomes King of Germany (936).
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| 12 | 924 | - 924—940: ROYAL: .Ruler of England - Athelstan the Glorious. Saxon - Edward's eldest son, King of Mercia, Wessex.
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| 13 | 940 | - 940—946: ROYAL: .Ruler of England - Edmund I The Magnificent. Saxon - 3rd son of Edward, King of Wessex, Mercia.
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| 14 | 946 | - 946—955: ROYAL: .Ruler of England - Edred. Saxon - 4th son of Edward.
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| 15 | 950 | - 950—999: ROYAL: .Mieczyslaw I becomes first ruler of Poland (960). Eric the Red establishes first Viking colony in Greenland (982). Hugh Capet elected King of France in 987; Capetian dynasty to rule until 1328. Musical notation systematized (c. 990). Vikings and Danes attack Britain (988n999). Otto I crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII (962).
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| 16 | 955 | - 955—959: ROYAL: .Ruler of England - Edwy the Fair. Saxon - Eldest son of Edmund, King of Wessex.
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| 17 | 975 | - 975—975: ROYAL: .Edward the Martyr. Ruler of England - Saxon - Eldest son of Edgar, murdered by stepmother.
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| 18 | 0978 | - 0978—1016: ROYAL: Ethelred II the Unready, Ruler of England.Saxon - 2nd son of Edgar, half-brother of Edward, married Emma of Normandy.
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| 19 | 1016 | - 1016—1017: ROYAL: Edmund II Ironside, Ruler of England.Saxon - Eldest son of Ethelred II, King of London.
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| 20 | 1017 | - 1017—1035: ROYAL: Canute the Dane, Ruler of England.Dane - By conquest and election. Gave Wessex to Edmund, married Emma.
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| 21 | 1023 | - 1023—1023: HISTORY: First paper money printed in China..
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| 22 | 1028 | - 25 Dec 1028—9 Sep 1087: ROYAL: William I the Conqueror, Ruler of England.Norman - Second cousin to Edward the Confessor, by conquest. Defeated Harold at Hastings.
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| 23 | 1036 | - 1036—1040: ROYAL: Harald I, Harefoot, Ruler of England.Dane - Natural son of Canute.
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| 24 | 1040 | - 1040—1042: ROYAL: Hardecanute, Ruler of England.Dane - Son of Canute by Emma, Danish King.
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| 25 | 1042 | - 1042—1066: ROYAL: Edward the Confessor, Ruler of England.Saxon - Son of Ethelred II (Canonized 1161).
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| 26 | 1045 | - 1045—1045: HISTORY: Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China..
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| 27 | 1050 | - 1050—1050: HISTORY: Crossbow invented in France..
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| 28 | 1066 | - 1066—1066: ROYAL: Harold II, Ruler of England .Saxon - Edward's brother-in-law, last Saxon King.
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| 29 | 1087 | - 26 Sep 1087—2 Aug 1100: ROYAL: William II (Rufus), Ruler of England.Norman - 3rd son of William I, accidentally killed by arrow while hunting.
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| 30 | 1096 | - 1096—1099: WAR: First Crusade.A military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective--the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule.[more]
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| 31 | 1100 | - 5 Aug 1100—1 Dec 1135: ROYAL: Henry I Beauclerc, Ruler of England.Norman - Youngest son of William I.
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