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| 0874 | Invasion of England |  |
| The Danes had in ten years gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving only Wessex to resist
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| 0874 | Invasion of Mercia | |
| Mercia The Danish leader, Ivar, and the Mercian leader, Burgred, die during the invasion of Mercia, with Ivar being succeeded by Guthrum the Old, who finishes the campaign against Mercia
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| 0874 | Rule of East Anglia | |
| East Anglia The Danes had in ten years gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving only Wessex to resist
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| 0874 | Rule of Mercia | |
| Mercia The Danes had in ten years gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving only Wessex to resist
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| 0874 | Rule of Northumbria | |
| Northumbria The Danes had in ten years gained control over East Anglia, Northumbria and Mercia, leaving only Wessex to resist
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| 0875 | Invasion of Wessex | |
| Wessex The Great Army divides, Guthrum leads the southern half during the Wessex invasion
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| 0876 | Invasion of England | |
| Wessex Guthrum and the Danes broker peace with Wessex after they had captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter
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| 0876 | Invasion of Wessex | |
| Wessex Guthrum and the Danes broker peace with Wessex after they had captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter
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| 0876 | Rule of Wessex | |
| Wessex Guthrum and the Danes broker peace with Wessex after they had captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter
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| 0876 | Siege of Exeter | |
| Exeter Guthrum and the Danes broker peace with Wessex after they had captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter
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| 0876 | Siege of Wareham | |
| Wareham Guthrum and the Danes broker peace with Wessex after they had captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter
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| 0877 | Invasion of Mercia | |
| Mercia Helps lead the invasion of Mercia
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| 0877 | Invasion of Wessex | |
| Wessex Alfred lays siege, while the Danes wait for reinforcements from Scandinavia, unfortunately for the Danes, the fleet of reinforcements encounter a storm and lose more than 100 ships, and the Danes are forced to return to East Mercia in the north
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| 0878 | Battle of Countisbury Hill | |
| Countisbury Odda defeats Guthrun at Countisbury Hill, over 800 Vikings are killed
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| Countisbury Odda stops Guthrum attacking Alfred at Athelney
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| 0878 | Battle of Edington | |
| Edington Defeated by Alfred the Great in Wiltshire
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| Edington The Danes are defeated at Edington and retreat to Chippenham, where King Alfred lays siege and soon forces them to surrender
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| 0878 | Capture | |
| Hampshire Captures Hampshire afte the siege of Chippenham
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| Wiltshire Captures Wiltshire afte the siege of Chippenham
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| 0878 | Conversion | |
| Chippenham As a term of the surrender, King Alfred demands that Guthrum be baptized a Christian, which he did (with King Alfred serving as his godfather)
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| Edington Converted to Christianity after defeat by Alfred the Great at Edington
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| 0878 | Invasion of England | |
| Leads the Danish Invasion of Anglo-Saxon England
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| 0878 | Invasion of Wessex | |
| Wessex Helps lead the invasion of Wessex
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| 0878 | Siege of Chippenham | |
| Chippenham After the Siege of Chippenham the Danelaw covers East Anglia, Northumbria & Mercia
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| Chippenham As a term of the surrender, King Alfred demands that Guthrum be baptized a Christian, which he did (with King Alfred serving as his godfather)
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| Chippenham Leads the Viking siege of Chippenham
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| 0878 | Taxation | |
| Chippenham After the Siege of Chippenham the Danelaw covers East Anglia, Northumbria & Mercia
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| 0878 | Treaty of Wedmore | |
| Wedmore Guthrum is recognized as King of an independent kingdom from London to Chester
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| 0879 | Battle of Countisbury Hill | |
| Countisbury Hill Alfred is forced into hiding for a time, returning in the spring of 878 to gather an army and attack Guthrum at Edington
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| Countisbury Hill King Alfred is saved when the Danish army coming from his rear is miraculously destroyed by inferior forces at Countisbury Hill
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| 0879 | Siege of Chippenham | |
| Chippenham Guthrum once again attacks Alfred, this time surprising him by attacking him while he winters in Chippenham
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| Chippenham King Alfred is saved when the Danish army coming from his rear is miraculously destroyed by inferior forces at Countisbury Hill
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| 0880 | Capture | |
| Wessex The Vikings leave Wessex
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| East Anglia The Vikings occupy East Anglia
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| 0880 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Denmark
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| 0884 | Danelaw | |
| Wessex The treaty of Alfred & Guthrun outlines the boundaries of the Danelaw and allows for Danish self-rule in the region
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| 0884 | Invasion of England | |
| Guthrum once again attacks Wessex, he is defeated, with Guthrum and Alfred agreeing to peace through the aptly named treaty of Alfred and Guthrum
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| 0884 | Invasion of Wessex | |
| Guthrum once again attacks Wessex, he is defeated, with Guthrum and Alfred agreeing to peace through the aptly named treaty of Alfred and Guthrum
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| 0884 | Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum | |
| Guthrum once again attacks Wessex, he is defeated, with Guthrum and Alfred agreeing to peace through the aptly named treaty of Alfred and Guthrum
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| Wessex The treaty of Alfred & Guthrun outlines the boundaries of the Danelaw and allows for Danish self-rule in the region
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| 0886 | Peace | |
| Agrees to equality & free trade between the English & the Danes
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| Signs treaty with Alfred dividing England along Watling St from London to Chester
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