Oswy15 November 655
Defeats & kills Penda of Mercia. Becomes Bretwalda & King of a reunited Northumbria & becomes overlord of Mercia
England · Warfare / Mercia-Northumbria War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Defeats & kills Penda of Mercia. Becomes Bretwalda & King of a reunited Northumbria & becomes overlord of Mercia
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