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England in 980

Name: England in 980 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for England in 980, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records

2Events

3Named people

1Places

3Categories

Historical records

Other Events

980BurialEdward the Martyr

Shaftesbury · House / House of Wessex

Re-interred "with great ceremony" at Shaftesbury Abbey by Elfhere of Mercia

980BurialElfhere of Mercia

Shaftesbury · House / House of Mercia

Edward the Martyr is re-interred "with great ceremony" at Shaftesbury Abbey by Elfhere

980Invasion of EnglandEthelred II the Unready

Warfare / Viking Invasions

The Vikings begin a new wave of raids on England

Names involved

Edward the MartyrElfhere of MerciaEthelred II the Unready

Places involved

Shaftesbury

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by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.