History and chronology of Penda in England

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Monarchy
Politics
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General

House Mercia
House Saxon Mercia War
Mercia Bernicia War
Mercia East Anglia War
Northumbria Briton War
Saxon Mercia War

Events

Battle Cirencester
Battle Hatfield Chase
Battle Maserfeld
Battle Winwaed
Capture Hwicce
Conversion
Death
Invasion Bernicia
Invasion East Anglia
Invasion Wessex
Marriage
Rule Cirencester
Rule East Anglia
Rule Gloucester
Rule Wessex
Siege Bamburgh
Succession

Places

Bamburgh
Bernicia
Cirencester
East Anglia
Gloucester
Hatfield Chase
Hwicce
Maserfeld
Mercia
Wessex
Winwaed

Penda History of England


0626	Succession
Mercia Succeeds as King of Mercia
0628	Battle of Cirencester
Cirencester After the battle of Cirencester Gloucester & Cirencester pass into Mercian control
Cirencester Cwichelm & Cynegils are defeated by Penda
0628	Capture of Hwicce
Hwicce Captures Hwicce
0628	Marriage
Mercia Agrees to marry Cynewise, sister of Cynegils
0628	Rule of Cirencester
Cirencester After the battle of Cirencester Gloucester & Cirencester pass into Mercian control
0628	Rule of Gloucester
Gloucester After the battle of Cirencester Gloucester & Cirencester pass into Mercian control
0632	Battle of Hatfield Chase
14th Oct Hatfield Chase After victory at Hatfield Chase Penda becomes King of Mercia
14th Oct Hatfield Chase Penda of Mercia & Cadwallon of nth Wales defeat the Northumbria
0641	Battle of Maserfeld
5th Aug Maserfeld Defeats & kills Oswald
5th Aug Maserfeld The battle establishes Mercia as the leading Anglo-Saxon kingdom
0645	Invasion of Wessex
Wessex Penda invades Wessex after Cenwealh abandons his wife, Penda's sister
0645	Rule of Wessex
Wessex Penda drives Cenwalh out of Wessex
0650	Siege of Bamburgh
Bamburgh Unsuccessfully attempts to capture Banburgh Castle
0653	Invasion of East Anglia
East Anglia Kills Anna in battle
East Anglia Penda drives Anna out of his kingdom of East Anglia
0654	Invasion of Bernicia
Bernicia Penda launches an attack with Aethelhere & Cadafael on Bernicia
0654	Rule of East Anglia
East Anglia Routes the East Angles & kills their King
0655	Battle of Winwaed
15th Nov Winwaed Defeated & killed by King Oswy
15th Nov Winwaed Killed at the battle of Winwaed
15th Nov Winwaed Killed by King Oswy while invading Bernicia
0655	Conversion
Mercia Converts Mercia to christianity after Penda's death
0655	Death
Mercia Death of Penda, Oswy kills Penda in battle, the last great pagan King