Alfred takes London
886 · Event
Alfred occupies and refortifies London, restores it within the old Roman walls, and hands it to his Mercian son-in-law — the act that turns the King of Wessex into something new. From this year his charters style him 'King of the Anglo-Saxons': not England yet, but the idea of it, minted.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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