Events from the 5th century in England. Note that many of these dates may only be approximate.
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- 401
- 402
- 405
- Niall of the Nine Hostages leads Irish raids along the south coast.[1]
- 407
- Army in Britain proclaims Constantine III as Emperor.[1]
- 409
- 410
- 429
- The Pope sends Saint Germanus to Britain, who defeats the Pelagians in public debate.[1]
- c.430
- Vortigern, supposed king of the Britons, allows Anglo-Saxon mercenaries to settle on the Isle of Thanet.[1]
- Fastidius completes his work On the Christian Life.[1]
- 433
- The Britons call the Angles to come and help them as mercenaries against the Picts.[2]
- 446
- The "Groans of the Britons": Britons appeal (possibly to the Consul Flavius Aetius) for the Roman army to come back to Britain.[1]
- 447
- Saint Germanus returns to Britain and exiles Pelagian heretics.[1]
- 449 (traditional date)
- Vortigern, supposed king of the Britons, invites Hengist and Horsa, by tradition chieftains of the Jutes, to form a military alliance against the Picts and Scoti; by tradition, they land at Ebbsfleet, Thanet, so contributing to the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (according to Bede).
- c.450
- Hengist founds the Kingdom of Kent.
- 455
- Battle of Aylesford: Hengist and Horsa defeat Vortigern, although Horsa dies in the battle.[2]
- 457
- Battle of Crayford: Hengist and Oisc of Kent (Æsc) defeat the Britons, driving them from Kent.[2]
- 466
- Battle of Wippedesfleot: Celtic Britons (Welsh) perhaps defeat the Anglo-Saxons (Jutes) under Hengist and Oisc in battle in Kent and confine them to the Isle of Thanet, but a dozen Welsh leaders are killed.
- 473
- Hengist and Oisc again fight against the Britons.[2]
- 477
- Ælle lands at Selsey, and founds the Kingdom of Sussex.[2]
- 485
- Ælle fights against the Britons near the margin of Mearcræd's stream.[2]
- 491
- Ælle and his son Cissa besiege Anderitum, the Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey, and kill all the Britons there.[2]
- 495
- Cerdic, later the first King of Wessex, lands at Southampton.[1]
- c.500
- Battle of Mons Badonicus: Britons defeat advancing Saxons, and retain control of the north and west.[1]