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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| The death of Holy Edmund - Anglo-Saxon drawing |
The viking army invaded East Anglia again, where many monasteries was burned and looted. The king of East Anglia, Edmund was according to Wormald on the 20 November 869 tied to a tree and then killed in a Viking human sacrifice ritual known as "the blood-eagle", which involved "ripping a victim's lungs out of his rib-cage, and draping them across his shoulders like eagles' wings" and later killed with arrows. New forces arrived and the army was commanded by 5 kings and 5 earls. Halvdan was mentioned as a king, and Ivar and Ubbe among the earls. A winter camp was made in Thetford.
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| Alphonse de Neuvill 1875 Viking raid |
Amlaib attacked Armagh.Norwegian Vikings suffered a defeat against Conor, king of Connaught, near Drogheda.
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