8th Century
- 710: (... and in the same year ealdorman Beorhtfrith fought against Picts between Avon and Carron, and Ine and his relative Nunna fought against Geraint king of Welsh ... ) ...
- 722: According to the Annales Cambriae, 722 saw "the battle of Hehil among the Cornish, the battle of Garth Maelog, the battle of Pencon among the south Britons, and the Britons were the victors in those three battles."
- Before 730: Northumbria annexed the kingdom of Rheged.
- 760: A battle between the Britons and the Saxons, the Battle of Hereford, in which Dyfnwal son of Tewdwr dies. AC
- 778: The devastation of the South Britons by Offa. AC
- 784: The devastation of Britain by Offa in the summer AC
- 794: (796 : In this year pope Hadrian and king Offa die.) (AC: 797: Offa king of the Mercians and Maredudd king of the Demetians die, and the battle of Rhuddlan.)
- 798: Caradog king of Gwynedd is killed by the Saxons. AC
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