13 events with tag "king"
597 BC
ID: 2770
Zedekiah made king - Nebuchadnezzar installs Jehoiachin's uncle as puppet king of Judah
ID: 2770
37 BC
ID: 2996
Herod the Great becomes king - Roman Senate appoints Idumean as 'King of the Jews,' takes Jerusalem after siege
ID: 2996
457
ID: 2812
Childeric I becomes king of Salian Franks - rules from Tournai, serves as Roman federate, father of Clovis
ID: 2812
623
ID: 2854
Dagobert I made king of Austrasia - Chlothar's son, last effective Merovingian king, rules from Metz
ID: 2854
869
ID: 2550
November 20, 869
Martyrdom of King Edmund of East Anglia - tied to tree and shot with arrows by Vikings for refusing to renounce Christianity
ID: 2550
871
ID: 2551
Alfred becomes King of Wessex - youngest son inherits during Viking invasion, Wessex last independent Saxon kingdom
ID: 2551
872
ID: 3705
Harald Fairhair begins unification of Norway - battles to become first King of all Norway, causes Viking emigration
ID: 3705
936
ID: 3743
Gorm the Old becomes first historical King of Denmark - unifies Danish kingdom, establishes Jelling dynasty
ID: 3743
958
ID: 3711
Harald Bluetooth becomes King of Denmark - later converts to Christianity, unites Denmark and Norway
ID: 3711
1016
ID: 2568
Cnut becomes King of England - defeats Edmund Ironside, begins Danish dynasty, marries Aethelred's widow Emma of Normandy (1017)
ID: 2568
1047
ID: 3750
Sweyn II Estridsen becomes King - nephew of Cnut, fights Magnus for Danish throne, establishes independence
ID: 3750
1840
ID: 819
Frederick William IV becomes King of Prussia - initially raises hopes for liberal reform
ID: 819
1861
ID: 929
Wilhelm I becomes King of Prussia
ID: 929