589 AD

Caedmon is Born

597 AD

Augustine’s arrival in Britain.

603 AD

Augustine meets with the monks of Bangor in Chester.

604 AD

Birth of future King Penda of Mercia.

King Saberht of East Saxon converts to Christianity.

Death of Augustine, buried near St Peter and St Paul.

Battle of River Ouse: Æthelfrith of Bernicia defeats Ælle of Deira, exiling Prince Edwin.

Prince Edwin flees to Mercia.

Death of King Pybba of Mercia; Cearl becomes King of Mercia; Penda is named heir.

Eowa begins his disruptive reign.

606 AD

Beornwald is born.

607 AD

Caedmon receives a divine vision and meets Abbess Maeve.

608 AD

Caedmon travels to Repton; Eowa returns.

Prince Eowa and Caedmon journey to Kent; Eowa converts to Christianity.

Caedmon takes a vow of silence at Whitby.

609 AD

Caedmon decides to use Anglo-Saxon actions to further God’s plans.

Cwen Bebba arrives at Whitby; Caedmon and King Æthelfrith meet.

Eowa invited to Northumbria to meet King Æthelfrith.

610 AD

Eowa returns to Mercia; Edwin arrives and marries Cearl’s daughter, Princess Cwenburga.

611 AD

Prince Edwin returns to Gwynedd.

Caedmon travels to Bangor to bribe Brocmail, protector of monks of Bangor.

612 AD

Stealing of Apples; birth of Oswiu.

613 AD

Battle of Chester: Æthelfrith achieves victory over the Welsh and massacres Celtic monks.

Formation of the Mercian council.

614 AD

Prince Eowa and Prince Coenwalh of Mercia lead an uprising against King Cearl.

Prince Coenwalh of Mercia is executed.

Beornwald and Penda learn falconry.

Prince Eowa of Mercia escapes with Caedmon to East Anglia.

615 AD

Protecting Edwin in Raedwald’s court.

616 AD

Death of Æthelberht of Kent; Eadbald becomes king of Kent and reverts to paganism.

Death of Sæberht, king of Essex; Sigeberht becomes king and remains a pagan.

Battle of River Idle: Edwin and Raedwald defeat King Æthelfrith of Northumbria.

617 AD

Edwin kills Ceredig of Emet, annexing kingdoms and making Eowa an alderman.

618 AD

Penda, Wulfstan, and Beornwald are sent to Wessex; Council of Four is formed.

619 AD

Battle of Cheddar; events unfold in Northumbria.

620 AD

Council of Old Sarum; Penda meets Cynewise; boat-building commences.

621 AD

Battle of the Thames near Bournemouth; Hereward, Brychan, Osbeorn, and Aldric perish.

622 AD

Defeat of Llywelyn of Bampton.

623 AD

Archbishop Mellitus assumes power.

624 AD

Penda kills Mellitus; marries Cynewise and returns to Mercia.

Solar eclipse occurs.

Death of King Cearl.