Wulfhelm become Archbishop of Canterbury.

To help consolidate his links to the North Athelstan married his sister to Sihtric, the Norse King of York. A condition of the marriage was Sihtric should become a Christian. The marriage was short-lived as the Norse King died in 927.

Oda (Odo), the future Archbishop of Canterbury was consecrated as the Bishop of Ramsbury in around 926 and was selected possibly by King Athelstan. Oda was a pagan and the son of a Danish invader, but converted to Christianity. ¹

King Athelstan requested that the Welsh princes meet him at Hereford where it was declared that the River Wye would mark the border between England and Wales. Athelstan also demanded a yearly payment from the princes as well.

With the death of Sihtric, the Danish leader in the North of England, Athelstan was able to then drive out the Dane's sons. This left Athelstan the master of Northumbria. His attacks on the Welsh and the submission of Constantine the King of Scotland and Owen the King of Cumberland led to him becoming overlord.

When Sihtric died he left an heir Olaf. The king of the Norse in Dublin arrived to assist Olaf but Athelstan was ready for any trouble that they could do and defeated them. York was seized and its fortifications destroyed.

The abbey church at St. Albans was attacked and damaged by Vikings.

Wulfstan I becomes Archbishop of York after being appointed by king Athelstan. ¹

Accused of conspiring against his own family Edwin, Aethelstan's own brother, is put on a ship without sail or rudder to drift. Edwin throws himself into the sea to avoid the horrors of starvation. Edwin's accuser it later found to invented the crime and is put to death. The whole story could be a fabrication and comes from the works by William of Malmesbury.

Athelstan put together a large army and invaded Scotland destroying it as he advanced north.

Eruption of the large Icelandic volcano. ¹

The Dane Olaf Guthfrithson or Anlaff (possibly Sihtric's son), Owen of Cumberland and Constantine, King of the Scots sailed into the Humber to invade Northumbria. Athelstan's speed at raising his army that marched north put paid to any plans of invasion and a fierce battle occurred (Brunanburgh near Beverley ?) in which many Danish kings and earls were killed. Olaf Guthfrithson fled to Ireland. Edmund, Athelstan's younger half-brother also took part in the battle.

Edmund, the half-brother of Athelstan, became King of England at the age of 18. His coronation was held on November 29th at Kingson-upon-Thames.

Olaf Guthfrithson, who had been defeated at the Battle of Brunanburh and who had fled to Ireland, returned to England and invaded Northumberlan taking the city of York. King Edmund took an army north but after a brief battle neither side had gained any advantage. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York negotiated a peace treaty that effectively divided the country in two leaving Edmund ruling the south and Olaf ruling the north.

Fulk I, count of Anjou, also known as Fulk the Red, died. He was succeeded by his son, also called Fulk.

William, the duke of Normandy was murdered on the order by Arnulf of Flanders. he was succeededby his illegitimate son Richard. ¹

Constantine the Scottish king abdicated in 943 to retire to a monastery. Malcolm I became ruler of Scotland.

Dunstan moved to Glastonbury where he placed the monastery under the rule of the Benedictine Order and became the abbot there. ¹

Edmund I took control of York and the surrounding area. He removed sacred relics from the remains of Whitby Abbey and moved them to Glastonbury Abbey.

Eadred became King of Wessex. He followed his brother Edmund who was murdered. Edmund left two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, who were both too young to rule.

Eadred destroys the monastery at Ripon. ¹