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Headword Date Article Type
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the first Viking raids on England 789 Topics
Sack of Lindisfarne; Viking invasions begin 793 - 1000 Topics
The Vikings sack the island abbey of Lindisfarne, off the northeastern coast of England 793 Topics
King Egbert of Wessex conquers Cornwall 815 Topics
Ecgberht (Wessex) defeats Mercia 825 Topics Short note
Battle of Ellandun; Wessex becomes the dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdom 825 Topics Short note
London raided by Vikings 830 - 871 Topics
Danes raid Kent 835 Topics
Vikings invade Devon 836 Topics Short note
Battle of Hingston Down 838 Topics Short note
The Danes enter Thames estuary and march on Canterbury 851 Topics
'Great Army' of the Danes lands in Britain 865 Topics
A great Danish Viking army invades East Anglia 865 Topics Short note
Northumbria falls to the Vikings 866 - 867 Topics Short note
Wessex battles the Vikings; Danes occupy part of England 870 - 871 Topics Short note
Wessex attacked by the Danes 871 Topics
The Danes conquer Mercia 874 Topics
Alfred defeats the Danes 878 Topics
Alfred the Great reconquers London from the Danes 886 Topics
The Danes begin raids on Sussex 895 Topics

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