Key Events of the Period
| Date |
Event |
| c.AD410 |
Romans leave England and its shores unprotected. |
| c.AD450 |
First Anglo-Saxons arrive in Britain. |
| c.AD597 |
St. Augustine preaches Christianity. |
| c.AD597 |
St. Augustine builds Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. |
| c.AD625 |
Burials at Sutton Hoo. |
| c.AD731 |
Venerable Bede finishes writing the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. |
| c.AD783 |
Offa's Dyke construction finished. |
| c.AD789 |
Viking raids begin. |
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