Battle of Edington
878 · Event
Alfred the Great's victory over the Danish Great Heathen Army; secures Wessex and forces conversion of Guthrum.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age
More from Alfred and the Vikings
- Great Heathen Army lands (865)
- Alfred in the marshes of Athelney (878)
- Twelfth Night attack at Chippenham (878)
- Alfred takes London (886)
- Treaty of Wedmore / Danelaw (878)
- Danelaw established (886)
- York falls to the Great Army (866)
- Battle of Ashdown (871)
Around 878
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)