871 in der Geschichte

Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.

Battle of Reading (871) · Æthelred of Wessex

Alfred the Great leads a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.

Alfred the Great · Wessex · Battle of Ashdown · Danelaw · Viking

Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by king Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.

Battle of Basing · Wessex · Æthelred of Wessex · Danelaw · Vikings

Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.

Æthelred of Wessex · Great Heathen Army · Battle of Marton

Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman

Æthelwulf of Berkshire · Ealdorman

Bagsecg, Viking leader

Bagsecg

Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)

Æthelred of Wessex

Odo I, Frankish nobleman

Odo I, Count of Troyes · Nobility