6th century in England explained

Events from the 6th century in England.

Events

c. 500
- Angles colonise the North Sea and Humber coastal areas, particularly around Holderness.
501
- Port and his sons, Bieda and Mægla, arrive at modern-day Portsmouth.^[1]
519
- Cerdic founds the Kingdom of Wessex.
527
- Foundation of the Kingdom of Essex.
536
- The Extreme weather events of 535–536 likely caused a great famine and decline in population.
547
- Angles under Ida conquer a Celtic area called Bryneich, founding the Kingdom of Bernicia.
549
- A great plague causes much population loss.
550
- Gildas completes his post-Roman history On the Destruction of Britain.
560
- Angles conquer eastern Yorkshire and the British kingdom of Ebrauc, and establish the Kingdom of Deira.
571
- Foundation of the Kingdom of East Anglia.
- Battle of Bedcanford

577
- Battle of Deorham: Ceawlin of Wessex captures Gloucester, Cirencester and Bath from the British, expanding his kingdom to the west.^[1]
581
- Ælla enlarges the Kingdom of Deira.
584
- Battle of Fethanleag, perhaps at Stoke Lyne in Oxfordshire: Ceawlin and Cutha fight against the Britons; the latter is killed and the former returns to his kingdom.^[1]
585
- Foundation of the Kingdom of Mercia.
590
- Elmet joins an alliance of Celtic kingdoms against the expanding Angles of Bernicia.
- Urien of Rheged murdered.
597
- Augustine leads a papal mission to Britain, converts Kent to Christianity, becomes the first Bishop of Canterbury and founds the predecessor of The King's School, Canterbury.
598
- Traditional foundation date of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury.
c. 600
- Battle of Catraeth (perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire): Northumbria defeats an invasion by a combined force from Wales and Lothian.^[2]
- Possible foundation date of Repton Abbey.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 29–30. 0-7126-5616-2.