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973 ID: 2635
Eight kings row Edgar on River Dee - after coronation, symbolic submission of British rulers to English king
ID: 2635
Chester
973 ID: 3969
Benedict VI becomes hundred-thirty-fourth pope - strangled in Castel Sant'Angelo by Crescentius faction
ID: 3969
Rome
Castel Sant'Angelo
973 ID: 5842
Edgar reforms English coinage - standardizes silver penny weight using new German silver, establishes 70+ mints
ID: 5842
Winchester
973 ID: 5853
Edgar grants vast estates to reformed monasteries - transfers perhaps 1/3 of royal lands to monastic control
ID: 5853
Winchester
973 ID: 2563
May 11, 973
Edgar crowned at Bath - first coronation using order still used today, rowed by eight kings on River Dee
ID: 2563
Bath