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  2. Category:Battles involving the Vikings - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Viking activity in the British Isles - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Battle of York (867) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Great Heathen Army - Wikipedia

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    The Viking leaders often joined together for mutual benefit and then dissolved once profit had been achieved. [27] Several of the Viking leaders who had been active in Francia and Frisia joined forces to conquer the four kingdoms constituting Anglo-Saxon England. The composite force probably contained elements from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and ...

  6. Battle of Edington - Wikipedia

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    By 878, the Danes held the east and northeast of England; their defeat at the Battle of Ashdown had paused but not halted their advance. [10] Alfred the Great had spent the winter preceding the Battle of Edington in the Somerset marsh of Athelney, protected somewhat by the natural defences of the country. [11]

  7. Battle of Tettenhall - Wikipedia

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    After successful raids by Danish Vikings, significant parts of northeastern England, formerly Northumbria, were under their control.Danish attacks into central England had been resisted and effectively reduced by Alfred the Great, to the point where his son, King Edward of Wessex, could launch offensive attacks against the foreigners.

  8. Battle of 839 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Battle of Buttington - Wikipedia

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    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.