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Invasion of Mercia
Ivar and the Great Heathen Army move south into Mercia and seize Nottingham as a winter base.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Nottingham in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Ivar and the Great Heathen Army move south into Mercia and seize Nottingham as a winter base.
Ivar's army occupies Nottingham and forces Mercia and Wessex into negotiations rather than decisive battle.
Mercia and Wessex fail to retake Nottingham, and a truce allows the Danes to withdraw back toward York.
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