EMPIRE PART ONE

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  • 792

    VIKING ATTACKS

    First Viking attacks on monasteries in Lindisfarne (viking age in England begins)
  • Period: 792 to 1453

    EMPIRE PART ONE

  • 849

    ALFRED THE GREAT

    Alfred The Great is born at Wantage (Wessex)
  • 860

    KING AELLA DEFEATS VIKING RAIDING FORCE

    Anglo Saxon Northumbrian King Aella successfully defeats Viking raiding force and kills their leader Ragnar in a venomous snake pit