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This category includes historical battles in which Vikings (8th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving the Vikings .
The Battle of Svolder (Svold or Swold) [1] was a large naval battle during the Viking age, fought in September 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway.
As they had little to fear from other European countries invading the inhospitable regions of Scandinavia, most naval battles were fought amongst Vikings themselves, "Dane against Norwegian, Swede against Norwegian, Swede against Dane." [45] Most Viking-on-Viking naval battles were little more than infantry battles on a floating platform ...
After the defeat of Guthrum at the Battle of Edington, Alfred's reforms to military obligations in Wessex made it increasingly difficult for the Vikings to raid successfully. By 896 the Vikings had given up, with some going to East Anglia and others to Northumbria. It was under Alfred that the Viking threat was contained.
Anglo-Saxons defeat the Danelaw Vikings. Battle of Acheloos: 20 August – A large-scale Byzantine invasion against Bulgaria is decisively defeated by Tzar Simeon I of Bulgaria. Battle of Confey: Vikings defeat Leinster and kill their king. Battle of Mag Femen: 22 August – Strategic Viking victory against the Irish of Ui Niell. Battle of ...
The Battle of York was fought between the Vikings of the Great Heathen Army and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria on 21 March 867 in the city of York. Formerly controlled by the Roman Empire , York had been taken over by the Anglo-Saxons and had become the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria .
The Battle of Tettenhall (sometimes called the Battle of Wednesfield or Wōdnesfeld) took place, according to the chronicler Æthelweard, near Tettenhall on 5 August 910. The allied forces of Mercia and Wessex met an army of Northumbrian Vikings in Mercia.
The Battle of 839, also known as the Disaster of 839 or the Picts’ Last Stand, was fought in 839 between the Vikings and the Picts and Gaels.It was a decisive victory for the Vikings in which Uuen, the king of the Picts, his brother Bran and Aed son of Boanta, King of Dál Riata, were all killed.