779Battle of BensingtonOffa
Strikes a crippling blow against Wessex in Oxfordshire
Historical records for England in 779, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Strikes a crippling blow against Wessex in Oxfordshire
Driven out of his Kingdom by Elfwald, son of Oswulf
Succeeds as King of Northumbria
Succeeds as the King of Nortumbria, supported by Archbishop Athelbert of York
1st Anglo Saxon King to call himself "Rex Anglorum", King of the English
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