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Peace with Wessex
Halfdan concluded a peace with Alfred after a year of costly campaigning in Wessex.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Wessex in Denmark. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Halfdan concluded a peace with Alfred after a year of costly campaigning in Wessex.
Anund joins the southern Viking force that prepares renewed operations against Wessex.
Guthrum leads Viking operations against Wessex after the Great Army divides.
Oscytel joins the southern Viking force threatening Wessex during the renewed campaign.
Guthrum's army advances into Wessex and seizes Wareham before negotiating with Alfred.
Guthrum pushes into Wessex and forces Alfred into negotiations after occupying Wareham.
Guthrum leads the Danish invasion that threatens the survival of Alfred's kingdom.
After Edington Guthrum agrees to leave Wessex, opening the way for a later territorial settlement.
Guthrum leaves Wessex and concentrates his power in East Anglia.
Guthrum and Alfred agree terms regulating peace, compensation and relations between English and Danes.
The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum outlines boundaries and legal rules between Alfred's people and Guthrum's people.
The treaty defines boundaries later associated with the Danelaw and allows Danish self-rule in Guthrum's territory.
Guthrum agrees terms with Alfred that divide authority and regulate trade between English and Danes.
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