Danelaw: Viking settlement, law, and administration in eastern England (865–954)

1. Great Viking army lands in East Anglia

   Jan 1, 865Labels: Great Heathen, East Anglia

   • Britannica
   • Great Army

2. Vikings seize York and secure Northumbria

   Nov 1, 866Labels: York, Northumbria

   • Great Army
   • York Battle

3. Great Army winters at Torksey camp

   Jan 1, 872Labels: Torksey, Great Heathen

   • Cambridge Core
   • Guardian

4. Great Army winters at Repton; Mercia subdued

   Jan 1, 873Labels: Repton, Mercia

   • Repton
   • Cambridge Core

5. Viking surprise attack captures Chippenham

   Jan 1, 878Labels: Guthrum, Chippenham

   • Britannica
   • Chippenham

6. Alfred defeats Guthrum at the Battle of Edington

   May 6, 878Labels: Battle of, Alfred

   • Britannica
   • WHE

7. Guthrum’s baptism and the Treaty of Wedmore

   Jun 1, 878Labels: Guthrum, Treaty of

   • Wedmore
   • Edington

8. Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum defines Danelaw rules

   Jan 1, 886Labels: Treaty of, Danelaw

   • Alfred Guthrum
   • Britannica

9. Mercia and Wessex crush Northumbrian raiders at Tettenhall

   Aug 5, 910Labels: Battle of, Mercia

   • Tettenhall
   • History of War

10. Edward the Elder storms Tempsford and kills a Danish king

    Jan 1, 917Labels: Edward the, Tempsford

    • Tempsford
    • Britannica

11. Æthelflæd captures Derby, a key Danelaw borough

    Jul 1, 917Labels: thelfl d, Derby

    • Derby

12. Æthelstan takes York and ends a major Danelaw kingdom

    Jan 1, 927Labels: thelstan, York

    • Royal Family
    • ASC 937

13. Æthelstan’s victory at Brunanburh secures England’s unity

    Jan 1, 937Labels: Battle of, thelstan

    • Britannica
    • ASC 937

14. Erik Bloodaxe killed; Northumbria absorbed under Eadred

    Jan 1, 954Labels: Erik Bloodaxe, Northumbria

    • Britannica
    • Britannica