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England in 944

Name: England in 944 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for England in 944, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records

5Events

1Named people

5Places

2Categories

Historical records

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944Capture of MerciaEdmund I

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Re-captures Mercia from the Danes

944Capture of NorthumberlandEdmund I

Northumberland · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Crosses the Humber & drives Olaf & the Norse out of England

944Capture of YorkEdmund I

York · Warfare / Viking Invasions

King Edmund takes York from the Vikings

944Invasion of CumbriaEdmund I

Cumbria · Warfare / England War

Edmund I devastates Cumbria and blinds two sons of Domnall mac Eogain, king of Strathclyde

944Recovery of NorthumbriaEdmund I

Northumbria · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Edmund expelled the rival Norse kings and restored English rule in Northumbria.

Names involved

Edmund I

Places involved

CumbriaMerciaNorthumberlandNorthumbriaYork

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by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.