Capture of Mercia
Re-captures Mercia from the Danes
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944 in England
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Historical records for England in 944
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Capture of Northumberland
Crosses the Humber & drives Olaf & the Norse out of England
Capture of York
King Edmund takes York from the Vikings
Invasion of Cumbria
Edmund I devastates Cumbria and blinds two sons of Domnall mac Eogain, king of Strathclyde
Recovery of Northumbria
Edmund expelled the rival Norse kings and restored English rule in Northumbria.
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