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 great danish army was split up in 2 parts. Halfdan took his army and went to Northumbria where he was recognized as a king. In the Scottish borderlands Halfdan had to fight against 2 tribes the Picts and the Gaels. The second part of the viking army was under command of Gudrum, Oscytel and Anwynd and that army went southeast and made a winter camp in Cambridge.
Danish vikings in Mercia forced the king Burgred to resign and installed Ceodwulf, whom they later sacked and took complete control of the Angles area.
Tamworth was sacked. King Burgred fled and eventually ended up in Rome, where he stayed until he died. Tamworth remained a ruin until 913
Iceland
Norwegian vikings had started to immigrate to Iceland. And Ingolfur Arnarson founded Reyjkavik.
Ireland
Went into the "forty years rest" period from 874-914
Scotland
Amlaíb Conung, King of Dublin, was killed in Scotland on a campaign against Causantín mac Cináeda.
The great danish army was split up in 2 parts. Halfdan took his army and went to Northumbria where he was recognized as a king. In the Scottish borderlands Halfdan had to fight against 2 tribes the Picts and the Gaels. The second part of the viking army was under command of Gudrum, Oscytel and Anwynd and that army went southeast and made a winter camp in Cambridge.
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King Burgred fled |
Tamworth was sacked. King Burgred fled and eventually ended up in Rome, where he stayed until he died. Tamworth remained a ruin until 913
Iceland
Norwegian vikings had started to immigrate to Iceland. And Ingolfur Arnarson founded Reyjkavik.
Ireland

Scotland
Amlaíb Conung, King of Dublin, was killed in Scotland on a campaign against Causantín mac Cináeda.
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