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Kingdom of York

Name: Kingdom of York – Denmark factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Denmark · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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940Date range

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Chronological records

940

Olaf Guthfrithson940

Humber · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Olaf Guthfrithson strengthens a Norse kingdom centred on York and the Humber region.

Names involved

Olaf Guthfrithson

Provenance

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