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9 CE: First mention of Lombards in Roman sources by Velleius Paterculus.
487 CE: Lombard migration to Danube Region.
526 CE: Reign of Lombard king Wacho; migration to Pannonia.
546 CE - 560 CE: Reign of Lombard King Audoin in Pannonia.
560 CE - 572 CE: Reign of Alboin, King of the Lombards.
568 CE: Alboin leads the Lombards from Pannonia to Italy and conquers the region.
572 CE: King Alboin is assassinated.
572 CE - 586 CE: Individual Lombard dukes fight for control of the kingdom.
586 CE - 590 CE: Reign of King Authari.
590 CE - 616 CE: Reign of King Agilulf who strengthens the Lombard kingdom.
616 CE - 628 CE: Reign of Queen Theolinda of the Lombards.
628 CE - 636 CE: Reign of King Adaloald.
636 CE - 652 CE: Reign of King Rothari.
652 CE - 712 CE: Lombard kingdom is divided between rule from Milan and rule from Pavia.
712 CE - 744 CE: Reign of King Liutprand who unites the Kingdom of the Lombards.
744 CE - 774 CE: Decline of the Kingdom of the Lombards in Italy under ineffective rulers.
774 CE: Lombards defeated by Charlemagne of the Franks; Lombard Kingdom falls.