Historical place archive

Wiltshire in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wiltshire in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels3 people625–1529

Historical events in Wiltshire

625

625
Rule of Wiltshire
Cwichelm · Saxon-Briton War

All of Wiltshire comes under Saxon control

878

May 878
Muster
Alfred the Great · Viking Invasions

Men from Wiltshire rally to Alfred before the final advance against Guthrum at Edington.

1529

8 December 1529
Peerage
Thomas Boleyn · House of Boleyn

Created Earl of Wiltshire

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Wiltshire. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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