The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea. The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries CE along with the Angles, Frisians, and Jutes came to be known as Anglo-Saxons to differentiate them from those on the continent.
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285 CECarausius is given the task of eliminating the Frankish and Saxon pirates.
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337 CEDeath of Emperor Constantine I.
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367 CEPicts, Scots, Saxons, and Franks attack the Roman Empire.
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c. 425 CE - c. 450 CEEarliest Anglo-Saxon burial in Britain.
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450 CEAngles and Saxons settle Britain.
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469 CEA Saxon army is defeated by the Franks at Angers.
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495 CECerdic, the founding figure of the West Saxon dynasty, arrives to Britain leading a squadron of five ships according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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611 CE - 643 CEReign of Cynegils in Wessex; first West Saxon king to convert to Christianity and be baptized.
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772 CE - 804 CEThe Saxon Wars; Charlemagne defeats the Saxons and establishes Christianity in Saxony.
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865 CEThe Great Viking Army invades the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England.
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28 Sep 1066 CEWilliam the Conqueror's invading army lands at Pevensey in Sussex, southern England.
