871 - Definition and Overview
Years:
867
868
869
870
-
871
-
872
873
874
875
Decades
:
840s
850s
860s
-
870s
-
880s
890s
900s
Centuries
:
8th century
-
9th century
-
10th century
Events
Nine battles are fought between the Danes and
Wessex
. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others were:
Englesfield (
31 December
870
)
Reading
(
4 January
)
Ashdown (
8 January
)
Basing (
22 January
)
Merton (
22 March
)
Wilton (May)
Alfred the Great
succeeds as king of
Wessex
after
Ethelred
's death.
Reading
,
England
occupied by the
Norse
.
After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of
England
.
Rhodri
Mawr
('the Great') of
Gwynedd
inherits Seisyllwig, thus uniting most of
Wales
under his rule
Louis II
captures Ban, the headquarters of the
Saracens
.
Alfred makes
Winchester
to his capital.
An incomplete marriage contract, dated to
October 6
of this year, is the earliest dated document in the
Cairo Geniza
.
Foundation of
Tønsberg
, the oldest surviving town in Norway
Svatopluk becomes prince of
Great Moravia
Births
Zwentibold
, king of
Lotharingia
Deaths
Ethelred of Wessex
(died in the battle of Merton)
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