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Key dates in the History of Somerset * 43–47 – Roman invasion and occupation * 491 – Battle of Mons Badonicus (may have been fought in Somerset) (uncertain date) * 537 – Battle of Camlann (sometimes located at Queen Camel) (uncertain date) * 577 – Battle of Deorham (Dyrham, Gloucestershire) – Saxons occupied Bath * 658 – Battle of Peonnum (Penselwood ?) – Saxons then occupied most of Somerset * 710 – Battle of Llongborth (? Langport) * 845 – First documentary reference to "Somersæte" * 878 – Battle of Cynwit – Saxon victory over the Danes by Ealdorman Odda * 878 – Battle of Ethandun – West Saxon victory over the Danes (uncertain whether in Somerset or Wiltshire) * 878 – Treaty of Wedmore – after defeat of Danes by King Alfred the Great * c900 – Kings of Wessex hold court at Ched

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  • Key dates in the History of Somerset * 43–47 – Roman invasion and occupation * 491 – Battle of Mons Badonicus (may have been fought in Somerset) (uncertain date) * 537 – Battle of Camlann (sometimes located at Queen Camel) (uncertain date) * 577 – Battle of Deorham (Dyrham, Gloucestershire) – Saxons occupied Bath * 658 – Battle of Peonnum (Penselwood ?) – Saxons then occupied most of Somerset * 710 – Battle of Llongborth (? Langport) * 845 – First documentary reference to "Somersæte" * 878 – Battle of Cynwit – Saxon victory over the Danes by Ealdorman Odda * 878 – Battle of Ethandun – West Saxon victory over the Danes (uncertain whether in Somerset or Wiltshire) * 878 – Treaty of Wedmore – after defeat of Danes by King Alfred the Great * c900 – Kings of Wessex hold court at Ched (en)
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  • Key dates in the History of Somerset * 43–47 – Roman invasion and occupation * 491 – Battle of Mons Badonicus (may have been fought in Somerset) (uncertain date) * 537 – Battle of Camlann (sometimes located at Queen Camel) (uncertain date) * 577 – Battle of Deorham (Dyrham, Gloucestershire) – Saxons occupied Bath * 658 – Battle of Peonnum (Penselwood ?) – Saxons then occupied most of Somerset * 710 – Battle of Llongborth (? Langport) * 845 – First documentary reference to "Somersæte" * 878 – Battle of Cynwit – Saxon victory over the Danes by Ealdorman Odda * 878 – Battle of Ethandun – West Saxon victory over the Danes (uncertain whether in Somerset or Wiltshire) * 878 – Treaty of Wedmore – after defeat of Danes by King Alfred the Great * c900 – Kings of Wessex hold court at Cheddar * 973 – King Edgar of England crowned at Bath * 988 – St Dunstan buried at Glastonbury * 1013 – Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard received submission of western thegns at Bath * 1088 – Siege of Ilchester * 1191 – Discovery of "King Arthur's" tomb at Glastonbury * 1497 – Perkin Warbeck's rebellion supported by Somerset men * 1643 – Battle of Lansdowne * 1645 – Siege of Taunton during the English Civil War * 1685 – Battle of Sedgemoor – Duke of Monmouth defeated * 1685 – Judge Jeffries holds the "Bloody Assizes" at Taunton * 1770 – Start of major enclosures of Somerset Levels * 1805 – Somerset Coal Canal Opened * 1827 – Bridgwater and Taunton Canal opened * 1875 – Formation of Somerset County Cricket Club * 1898 – County boundaries altered * 1956 – Chew Valley Lake opened by Queen Elizabeth II * 1974 – Formation of County of Avon, reducing the area of the County of Somerset * 1996 – Abolition of the County of Avon, creating the unitary authorities of North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset (en)
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