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1066 - French horsepower broke England

Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor  had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066  240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066  Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
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828 - Harald Klak was driven back again

Harald Klak assembled an army  and made a camp south of the Danish border. They wanted to put a pressure on Horik, they did not attack, but when Harald klak let his Saxon warriors plunder a couple of Danish villages - Horik and his brothers reacted quick and just, and moved across the border and burned the camp down to the ground.

Louth, Ireland was raided.
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Location: 7300 Jelling, Denmark

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