RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
7th Century AD - History
601 AD St. David the patron saint of Wales, died.
603 St. Augustine / St. Austin who was the first Catholic Anglo - Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury in Briton / Albion introduced the rights of the Catholic Church of Rome, and the Celtic Welsh Catholic Church refused to join in and he threatened them that they would suffer for it at the hands of the Anglo - Saxons.
St. Mungo / Kentigern, died this year who had converted the Strathclyde Britons to Christianity.
The Northumbrians under Tethelfrith defeated the Scottii under Aidan in the Battle of Degastan in the north of Briton.
607 AD Germanic pressure was continued on against the Celts in Briton until Aethelfrith the Saxon King was to defeat them in the Battle of Chester, and the Northumbrians who were under an Anglo - Saxon Chieftain besieged a group of Celtic monks who were under the protection of Brocmail a Celtic Welsh aristocratic warrior, and 1200 monks were slaughtered. After the Battle of Chester Aethelfrith was to also take over the remaining territory to the Irish Sea, which brought an end to the united Celtic occupation and resistance there. From now on there were to be 3 separate Celtic regions in Briton with Anglo - Saxon territory in between these, and with the later Germanic conquests Dumnonia and Cumbria also came under Anglo - Saxon rule, with Cumbria (The Land of Gwyry Gogledd) was eventually settled by the the Norse, which only left Cambria / Wales as the remaining part of Southern Briton that was still under Celtic rule.
613 AD The Germanic Saxon Northumbrians under Ethelfrith defeated the Welsh in the Battle of Chester while in the Battle of Caer Legion once again many monks were killed and Solon the son of Conaen the King of Briton was killed.
614 AD St. Gall, who was an Irish monk, arrived into Switzerland to spread Christianity.
627 AD Edwin the Teutonic Saxon Ceann / Cinn - Celtic (English - King) of Northumbria became a Christian under the influence of St. Paulinus who became the first Archbishop of York in Briton.
631 AD The Battle of Aille's sons and the death of Kenneth / Cinaed, the son of Lugthreine, the King of the Picts.
632 AD The Battle of Cadwallon / Caedwalla occurred the King of the Britons and Ainfrith. Bennchor Mor was burnt in Briton
633 AD Edwin the Christian Saxon King of Northumbria was killed by Penda the heathen Saxon King of Mercia in an alliance with the Welsh under Caedwalla.
The Battle of Iudris the King of the Britons.
634 AD Caedwalla was defeated in the Battle of Hexham by Oswald who becomes the Saxon King of Northumbria.
635 AD St. Aidan goes from Iona The Holy Island to Lindisfarne in Briton to re -vitalise Christianity in Northumbria.
637 AD The Muslims capture Jerusalem and the Temple mount becomes a mosque.
642 AD Oswald the Saxon King of Northumbria in Briton was defeated and killed by Penda the Saxon King of Mercia.
655 AD Penda the Saxon King of Mercia was defeated and killed by the Northumbrians under Oswy / Oswiu.
659 AD Wulfhere became the King of Mercia.
664 AD Oswiu the Teutonic Saxon King of Northumbria held a Synod at the monastery at Steaneshallach / Whitby and the Celtic Catholic priests were banned from Anglo - Saxon territory.
669 AD Theodore of Tarsus came into Briton and became the Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury.
670 AD A Synod was held at Auteri in France and Benedictine rule was made compulsory in French near Ferries and Celtic rule was abolished.
671 AD Egcfrith was the Saxon King of Northumbria.
685 AD Egcfrith whpo was now the Anglo - Saxon King of Northumbria from the north - east of Briton tried to conquer the territory there in the north of Briton belonging to the Celtic Scythian Gaelic Picts with his Northumbrian forces who were met head on at Nechtansmere by the Picts under their King Brude mac Maelchon, and the Anglo - Saxons were defeated and they never tried it again.
688 AD St. Cuthbert was the Bishop of Lindisfarne in Briton.
Ine was the
first great King of Wessex.
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