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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 is described in the Norse kings' sagas—including Heimskringla—as well as in Jómsvíkinga saga and Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Saxo Grammaticus estimated that the battle took place while Harald Bluetooth was still alive. Scholarly traditions have set the battle in 986.
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... This is a list of battles and sieges involving Norway. Pre-Unification Viking Age (793–872)
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Vikings, according to Clare Downham in Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland, are "people of Scandinavian culture who were active outside Scandinavia ... Danes, Norwegians, Swedish, Hiberno-Scandinavians, Anglo-Scandinavians, or the inhabitants of any Scandinavian colony who affiliated themselves more strongly with the culture of the colonizer than with that of the indigenous population."
This category includes historical naval battles in which Vikings (8th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Naval battles involving the Vikings"
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.