Events Tagged: "Saxony"

Charles Martel invades Saxony - forces pagan Saxons to pay tribute, begins Frankish expansion into Germany

Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae - harsh laws for Saxony, death for refusing baptism or eating meat during Lent

Final pacification of Saxony - after 32 years of war, Saxony fully incorporated and Christianized, 10,000 Saxons relocated

Henry the Fowler elected - Saxon duke becomes German king, founds Ottonian dynasty

Freiberg silver discovered in Saxony - 'First silver rush', town founded, becomes Europe's largest silver source