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England in 875

Historical records for England in 875, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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3Events
2Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

Other Events

875CanonizationEdmund

London · House / House of East Anglia

Created St Edmund

875Naval BattleAlfred the Great

English Channel · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Alfred fights Viking ships at sea and captures one vessel, showing his growing interest in naval defence.

875Peace NegotiationAlfred the Great

Wareham · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Alfred negotiates with a Viking army at Wareham while trying to prevent further raids into Wessex.

Names involved

Alfred the GreatEdmund

Places involved

English ChannelLondonWareham

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.