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Base at Gainsborough
Sweyn establishes himself at Gainsborough and receives submissions from northern and midland communities.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Gainsborough in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sweyn establishes himself at Gainsborough and receives submissions from northern and midland communities.
Death of Death-Sweyn I Forkbeard
The English invite Ethelred to return from France after the death of Sweyn I
The Danish army choose Canute as their leader after the death of Sweyn I
Provenance
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