AelleNovember 866
Ivarr & Halfdan capture York, revenge for the death of their father Ragnar Lodbrok
England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Ivarr & Halfdan capture York, revenge for the death of their father Ragnar Lodbrok
The Vikings capture York
Killed in battle trying to recapture York from the Vikings
Killed in battle trying to recapture York from the Vikings
Athelstan seized York and ended the independent Scandinavian kingship there.
Recaptures York
York is razed to the ground. Guthfrith is captured & the Norse Kingdom of York collapses
King Edmund takes York from the Vikings
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