Æthelstan crowned at Kingston upon Thames
925 · Event
The first English king crowned with a crown rather than a helmet, at a border town between Wessex and Mercia.
On these timelines: England, England: Monarchs, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from England: Monarchs
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Reign of Elizabeth II (1952)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)
- Reign of Edward I (1272)
- Reign of Edward III (1327)
Around 925
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- House of Wisdom (830)
- Æthelstan, first King of the English (894)