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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