874Danish Control of NorthumbriaGuthrum
Danish power in Northumbria forms part of the wider Viking pressure on the remaining English kingdoms.
Historical records for Denmark in 874, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Danish power in Northumbria forms part of the wider Viking pressure on the remaining English kingdoms.
By 874 the Danes control much of Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia, leaving Wessex as the main English resistance.
The Danish army drives Burgred of Mercia into exile and imposes control over much of the kingdom.
The Danes divide Mercia and install Ceolwulf as a client ruler in the remaining Mercian kingdom.
Halfdan established a fortified winter camp at Repton during the conquest of Mercia.
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