January 878
Battle of Cynwit
Odda defeats a Viking force linked with Ubba, and many Vikings are killed during the west-country campaign.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cynwit in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Odda defeats a Viking force linked with Ubba, and many Vikings are killed during the west-country campaign.
Ubba is killed when Odda's West Saxons break out from the hillfort and overwhelm the Viking besiegers.
Odda's men capture the Viking raven banner after killing Ubba and many of his warriors at Cynwit.
Ubba's army besieges a West Saxon stronghold after finding Odda's men positioned in a defensible hillfort.
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