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Saxo Grammaticus. 12-13C. Writer of early Danish history. Hamlet 1213. Gesta Danorum.
Aelfric. c955-1010. Anglo-Saxon writer. Love of the Saints.
Alfred the Great. 849-99. Saxon King of Wessex 871-. Resisted Danes 877-79 (Edington) + 892-96. Captured London 886. First British Navy 897.
Angles. Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in 6C. Jutes. Saxons.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Chester, Battle. 613. Welsh vs Saxons.
Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.
Deorham, Battle. 577. Saxons def Welsh.
Dresden, Treaty. 1745. Prussia gains Saxony. Ends 2nd Silesian War.
Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.
East Anglia. 6C Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c870 Denmark. 917 England.
Edgar Aetheling. 1050-1130. Anglo-Saxon prince who submitted to William I.
Edington, Battle. 878. King Alfred, Wessex only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to withstand Danes.
Edward the Confessor, St. c1003-66. Anglo Saxon king 1041-. Founded Westminster Abbey. Conquered Wales. Died without heir, prompting Norman Invasion.
England. c1800BC Beaker folk. 8C BC Celt. 150BC Belgae. 55BC-407 Rome. 5C Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. 9C Dane(N,E). 10C A-S/Dane. 1042 Anglo-Saxon. 1066 Norman. 1204 -Normandy. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.
Essex. 6C Saxon kingdom. 860 «Wessex.
Ethelbert. 552-616. King of Kent 560-. First Christian Anglo-Saxon king. first extant A-S law code.
Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Mercia. 7C-877. Anglo-Saxon kingdom in central England. Conquered by Danes, Wessex.
Northumbria. Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c605 Bernicia + Deira = Northumbria. 9C Danish. 944 +England.
Parker, Charlie. 1920-55. US Jazz saxophonist. Father of Bebop.
Sax, Antoine. 1814-94. French inventor of saxophone 1846.
Saxon Dynasty. Kings of Germans 919-, Holy Roman Empire 962-1024.