As an aid to memory, I have thought it helpful to make a concise summary of events already dealt with at greater length.
In the sixtieth year before the Incarnation of our Lord, Gaius Julius Caesar was the first of the Romans to make war on Britain and was victorious, but was unable to hold the kingdom.
In the year of our Lord 46, Claudius was the second of the Romans to come to Britain and received the surrender of the greater part of the island. He also added the Isles of Orkney to the Roman Empire.
In the year of our Lord 167, Eleutherus became Bishop of Rome, and ruled the Church most gloriously for fifteen years. Lucius, a king of Britain, sent him a letter asking to be made a Christian, and obtained his request.
In the year of our Lord 189, Severus became Emperor and reigned seventeen years. He fortified Britain with an earthwork stretching from sea to sea.
In the year 381, Maximus became Emperor while in Britain. He crossed into Gaul and killed Gratian.
In the year 409, Rome was taken by the Goths, and thenceforward Roman rule came to an end in Britain.
In the year 430, Pope Celestine sent Palladius to be the first bishop to the Christian Irish.
In the year 449, Marcian became co-Emperor with Valentinian. He reigned seven years, during which time the English came to Britain at the invitation of the Britons.
In the year 538, an eclipse of the sun occurred on the sixteenth of February, lasting from Prime to Terce.
In the year 540, an eclipse of the sun occurred on the twentieth of June, and the stars appeared for nearly half an hour after the hour of Terce.
In the year 547, Ida began his reign, which lasted for twelve years. From him the royal family of the Northumbrians derives its origin.
In the year 565, the priest Columba came into Britain from the land of the Irish to teach the Picts, and built a monastery on the Isle of Iona.
In the year 596, Pope Gregory sent Augustine and his monks to Britain to preach the word of God to the English people.
In the year 597, these teachers arrived in Britain. This was about one hundred and fifty years after the coming of the English to Britain.
In the year 601, Pope Gregory sent the pallium to Britain for Augustine, who had already been made a bishop. He also sent several ministers of the word, including Paulinus.
In the year 603, the Battle of Degsastan was fought.
In the year 604, the East Saxons under King Sabert received the Faith of Christ through Archbishop Mellitus.
In the year 605, Pope Gregory died.
In the year 606, King Ethelbert of Kent died.
In the year 625, Archbishop Justus consecrated Paulinus as Bishop of the Northumbrians.
In the year 626, Eanfled, daughter of King Edwin, was baptized on Whit Saturday with twelve others.
In the year 627, King Edwin and his people were baptized on Easter Day.
In the year 633, King Edwin was killed, and Paulinus retired to Kent.
In the year 640, King Eadbald of Kent died.
In the year 642, King Oswald was killed.
In the year 644, Paulinus, first Bishop of York and later Bishop of Rochester, departed to our Lord.
In the year 651, King Oswin was killed, and Bishop Aidan died.
In the year 653, the Middle Angles under Peada their prince accepted the mysteries of the Faith.
In the year 655, Penda was slain, and the Mercians became Christians.
In the year 664 an eclipse occurred. King Earconbert of Kent died, and Bishop Colman returned to his own land with the Irish. A plague came. Chad and Wilfrid were consecrated Bishops of the Northumbrians.
In the year 668, Theodore was consecrated bishop.
In the year 670, King Oswy of the Northumbrians died.
In the year 673, King Egbert of Kent died. A synod was held at Hertford in the presence of King Egfrid under the presidency of Archbishop Theodore. It was valuable, and enacted ten canons.
In the year 675, Wulfhere, King of the Mercians, died after a reign of seventeen years, and left the throne to his brother Ethelred.
In the year 676, Ethelred ravaged Kent.
In the year 678, a comet appeared. Bishop Wilfrid was expelled from his see by King Egfrid: Bosa, Eata, and Eadhaed were consecrated bishops in his place.
In the year 679, Elfwin was killed.
In the year 680, a synod was held in the plain of Hatfield under the presidency of Archbishop Theodore to affirm the Catholic Faith: John, an abbot from Rome, attended. Abbess Hilda died at Streanaeshalch.
In the year 685, Egfrid, King of the Northumbrians, was killed. King Hlothere of Kent died.
In the year 688, Cadwalla, King of the West Saxons, left Britain for Rome.
In the year 690, Archibishop Theodore died.
In the year 697, Queen Osthryd was killed by her own people, the Mercian chieftains.
In the year 698, Bertred, the royal commander of the Northumbrians, was killed by the Picts.
In the year 704, Ethelred became a monk after ruling the Mercians for thirty years, and resigned the kingdom to Coenred.
In the year 705, King Aldfrid of the Northumbrians died.
In the year 709, Coenred, King of the Mercians, after a reign of five years, went to Rome.
In the year 711, the ealdorman Bertfrid fought against the Picts.
In the year 716, Osred, King of the Northumbrians, was killed, and Ceolred, King of the Mercians, died. The man of God Egbert converted the monks of Iona to the Catholic Easter and the canonical tonsure.
In the year 725, King Wictred of Kent died.
In the year 729, comets appeared: the holy Egbert departed this life: Osric died.
In the year 731, Archbishop Bertwald died. In the same year, the fifteenth of the reign of King Ethelbald of the Mercians, Tatwin was consecrated ninth Archbishop of Canterbury.
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