BRITISH ISLES TIME LINE 486- St. Brendan born in Kerry 503- King Arthur defeats Saxons at Mount Badan 563- St. Columba founds Iona monastery 575- St. Brendan dies in Annadown 584- Kingdom of Mercia was founded 597- Augustine comes to Kent 634- St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne is born 651- Death of St. Aiden 663-664- Synod of Whitby 673- St. Bede born 735- St. Bede dies 739- King Aethelheard donates land for monastery at Creedy (Crediton) 870- St Edmund is martyred 955- Aelfric is born 978- St. Edward the Martyr is martyred 991- Battle of Maldon 991- Viking Olaf comes to Folkstone and ravages countryside 1016- Ethelred the Unready dies 1020- Aelfric dies 1066- Battle of Hastings 1072- Exeter Book bequested to Exeter Cathedral library