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England in 840

Historical records for England in 840, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records
3Events
3Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

840BurialWigmund

Repton · House / House of Mercia

Burial of Wigmund

840Invasion of NorthumbriaEanred

Northumbria · Warfare / Northumbria-Dalriata War

Eanred defends the Nothumbrian border from an invasion by the Dalriatan Scots

840SuccessionBeorhtwulf

Mercia · House / House of Mercia

Succeeds as King of Mercia

Names involved

BeorhtwulfEanredWigmund

Places involved

MerciaNorthumbriaRepton

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.