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In 835, the first major Viking raid in southern England took place and was directed against the Isle of Sheppey [18] [19] [20] and in a battle in 839, Vikings inflicted heavy defeats against the Picts, killing Uuen, the King of the Picts, his brother Bran and Aed son of Boanta, King of Dál Riata. [21]
The Great Heathen Army, [a] also known as the Viking Great Army, [1] was a coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in 865 AD.Since the late 8th century, the Vikings [b] had been engaging in raids on centres of wealth, such as monasteries.
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449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England; c. 466 Battle of Wippedesfleot; 597 Arrival of St. Augustine; 793 Vikings raid Lindisfarne; 802 Vikings ransack monastery on Iona; 843 Birth of Kingdom of Scotland with union of the Picts and the Scots; 878 Battle of Ethandun, defeat of Viking forces, results in Treaty of Wedmore and establishment ...
Consequently, in 879 the Viking army left Chippenham and made its way to Cirencester (in the kingdom of Mercia) and remained there for a year. [52] The following year the army went to East Anglia, where it settled. [53] Also in 879, according to Asser, another Viking army sailed up the River Thames and wintered at Fulham in Middlesex. [54]
Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England. [5] 981. 13 February – start of a 7-day procession in which the bones of St Edward the Martyr are translated from Wareham to Shaftesbury Abbey, overseen by Dunstan and Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia. [13] Viking raids on Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall begin, and continue for a further seven years. [1] 985
Viking invasions of England (780–850) Norse Vikings: Kingdom of England: Viking victory. Series of Viking attacks on Christian monasteries in the British Isles; Halfdan the Mild's revolt (ca. 813) Halfdan the Mild: Kingdom of Denmark: Revolt successful. Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence. Battle of 839 (839) Norse Vikings ...
The Battle of Buttington was fought in 893 [a] between a Viking army and an alliance of Anglo-Saxons and Welsh. The annals for 893 reported that a large Viking army had landed in the Lympne Estuary , Kent and a smaller force had landed in the Thames estuary under the command of Danish king Hastein.