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...
Vikings destroyed the Dartmoor town of Lydford, near the Cornish/Wessex border just east of the Tamar was completely destroyed by Danish Vikings. The surprise attack on Lydford was ordered by king Sweyn Forkbeard (previously, Lydford was believed to be impregnable against Viking attack). However, Cornwall was left alone as Sweyn Forkbeard has no intention of destroying Cornwall
Dagestan
Emir Maymun ibn Ahmed died and one of his Viking mercenaries killed Muhammed ibn Ahmed, the emir’s brother and successor.
This is the last we hear about these mercenaries.
Ireland
Annals of Inisfallen tells us Brian Boru defeated the vikings and Donnubán mac Cathail at battle of Cathair Cuan.
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| Olaf Tryggvason |
Trondheim, was founded by the king Olaf Tryggvason. it was the main city and capital of Norway, until Bergen was founded in the year 1070. Olaf Tryggvason fanatical Christianity led him into conflict with the pagan priest Raud the strong who refused to be baptized, Olaf had him tied down and rammed a drinking horn down his throat. Then he pushed a snake into the horn and poked it with a hot iron until it crawled down Raud’s throat and into his stomach.
Wales
Viking attacks began in the Svern district and on southwest England, perhaps caused by increased pressure put on the Vikings in Ireland by Brian Boru and King Mael Seachlinn. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports:
"In this year the army went about Devonshire into the mouth of the Severn and there harried as well in Cornwall as in North Wales and in Devonshire; and then landed at Watchet and there wrought great evil in burning and man-slayings. Thence they rounded Land's End and entered the mouth of the Tamar."
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