History of Cumbria
Timeline

History of Cumbria

Section Title: Timeline
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c. 50–59	First rebellion by Venutius against Cartimandua, failed

69	Second rebellion by Venutius, he gains possession of Brigantian kingdom

71	Roman conquest of Brigantes begins

78	Agricola advances in Cumbria and places garrisons between the Solway and Tyne

79–80	Further military campaigns by Agricola

122	Hadrian's Wall begun

142	Antonius Pius abandons Hadrian's Wall

164	Hadrian's Wall reoccupied

c. 400	Romans begin withdrawing troops to Europe

410	Official end of Roman Britain, Coel Hen takes over as High King of Northern Britain

c. 420	Coel Hen dies, Ceneu takes over Northern Britain

c. 450	Ceneu dies; Rheged created by Gwrast Lledlwm

c. 490	Gwrast Lledlwm dies; Rheged given to Merchion Gul

535	Merchion Gul dies; Rheged divided into North, given to Cynfarch Oer, and South

559	Catraeth added to Rheged lands

c. 570	Cynfarch Oer dies; Urien Rheged becomes King

573	Battle of Arfderydd (Arthuret); Caer-Guenddolau added to Rheged lands

c. 585	Battle of Ynys Metcaut; Urien killed by Morcant Bulc; Owain map Urien becomes King

c. 597	Owain map Urien killed by Morcant Bulc

c. 616	Angles of Bernicia enter Rheged

c. 638	Riemmelth, Princess of Rheged marries Oswiu, Prince of Northumbria

685	St Cuthbert granted land around Carlisle, where he founds a priory, and Cartmel

875	Danes sack Carlisle

c. 925	Norse arrive

927	12 July Eamont Bridge (possibly Dacre) Conference between Athelstan, King of the English, and the King of Scots, the King of Strathclyde and the Lord of Bamburgh

945	Edmund I defeats Dunmail and cedes Cumbria to Malcolm I of Scotland

1042-55	Siward of Northumbria takes over Cumbria south of the Solway

1092	William II restores Cumbria to England

1098	Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester is granted Appleby and Carlisle

1122	Henry I of England visits Carlisle

1133	Carlisle Cathedral founded

1136	King Stephen forced to cede Cumbria to David I of Scotland

1157	Henry II regains Cumbria

1165	Border wars

1177	Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland created

1182	Lancashire created, including part of South Cumbria

1237	Treaty of York : Scots' king renounces claim to Cumbria

1316	Scottish raids along the west coast as far as Furness and Cartmel

1322	Scottish raids; the Abbot of Furness attempts to bribe Robert the Bruce

1380, 1385, 1387/88	Devastating raids by Scots

1536/37	Pilgrimage of Grace

1568	Mary, Queen of Scots, arrives at Workington Hall

1569/70	Rising of the North

1745	Battle of Clifton, last military battle fought on English soil

1951	Lake District National Park established

1974	Modern county of Cumbria established

Sentence(s)

In 945, Athelstan's successor, Edmund I invaded Cumbria.

final_sentence: In 945, Athelstan's successor, Edmund I invaded Cumbria.