Jersey Timeline AD 1 to AD 1000

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Most dates are approximate in this era

Year Jersey events World events
486 AD Clovis, King of the Franks, conquers northern Gaul
525 Party of St Samson's Christian Britons fleeing from Cornwall settled in Jersey. Island named Angia or Agna for 300 years.
538 St Marculf introduces Christianity to the island
540 St Helier sent to Jersey by St Marculf
543 Another visit by St Marculf
555 AD Martyrdom of St Helier
558 AD Saint Marculf visited Angia
577 AD Pretextatus, Archbishop of Rouen, banished to Angia for eight years by the King of the Franks, and created the island's ecclesiastical organisation, under the Diocese of Coutances
596 St Augustine sent to Engtland by Pope Gregory I and becomes first Archbishop of Canterbury
709 AD Great storm finally separates Jersey from France?
786 AD Charlemagne sends Gerwold, Abbot of Fontenelle, on a mission to Angia, then annexed to Brittany
911 AD Charles the Simple cedes territory to Rollo, who becomes first Duke of Normandy
927 Death of Rollo and accession of William I 'Longsword'
933 Duke of Normandy takes control of Channel Islands



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