Edgar the Peaceful
943–975 · Person
Anglo-Saxon king crowned in a Bath ceremony that set the pattern for English coronations.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), People, England
Around 943
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)