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The Viking king of Northumbria, Halfdan Ragnarrson (Old English: Healfdene)—one of the leaders of the Viking Great Army (known to the Anglo-Saxons as the Great Heathen Army)—surrendered his lands to a second wave of Viking invaders in 876. In the next four years, Vikings gained further land in the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia as well ...
449: According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist and Horsa (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
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for AD 787 [f] reports the first confrontation with the Vikings [b] in England. [11] [12] AD 787 – This year king Bertric took to wife Eadburga, king Offa's daughter; and in his days first came three ships of Northmen, out of Hæretha-land [Denmark].
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In this era, Viking activity started with raids on Christian lands in England and eventually expanded to mainland Europe, including parts of present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. [ 1 ] While maritime battles were very rare, Viking bands proved very successful in raiding coastal towns and monasteries due to their efficient warships, and ...
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. [51] The following year the army went to East Anglia, where it settled. [52] Also in 879, according to Asser, another Viking army sailed up the River Thames and wintered at Fulham in Middlesex. [53]
The Great Heathen Army of Vikings first arrived in 865 and within a decade they had conquered the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia and Northumberland. Shortly before Alfred the Great was named king in 871, the Vikings had also attacked Wessex where Alfred defeated them at the Battle of Ashdown. Despite this victory, Alfred was still ...
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 ...