Death of Alfred the Great
899 · Event
Alfred dies, probably at Winchester, leaving Wessex defended by burhs and a sense of the 'Angelcynn' his heirs will build into England.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, England, England: Monarchs, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
More from Alfred and the Vikings
- Battle of Edington (878)
- Great Heathen Army lands (865)
- Alfred in the marshes of Athelney (878)
- Twelfth Night attack at Chippenham (878)
- Treaty of Wedmore / Danelaw (878)
- Alfred takes London (886)
- Danelaw established (886)
- York falls to the Great Army (866)
Around 899
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- 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)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)