Battle of Ashdown
871 · Event
In the 'year of battles' — nine engagements in twelve months — the 21-year-old prince Alfred, charging 'like a wild boar' while his brother the king lingered at prayer, breaks the Viking line on the Berkshire downs. The victory is fleeting, but by April the brother is dead and the boar is King of Wessex.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, England, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Viking Age (793)
- 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)
- Gunpowder developed in China (850)
- Viking raid on Lindisfarne (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)