England -History?

Question

What are a few interesting things that happened during 850-950ad in england?

Answer 1

870.....
The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia. Several battles are fought with Wessex, but then peace is made (871). The Danes go on to establish the Danelaw in other parts of England. In 876, the Danes attack Wessex again, and in 878 king Alfred the Great of Wessex has to retreat to a single fort in the marshes of Somerset, but later that year he defeats the Danes, and England is divided in a Danish part in the northeast and a Wessex part in the south and west.
In the southwest of England, the Cornish continue to be driven back, with their King Dungarth (or Doniert or Dumgarth) drowning in battle around the middle of the decade.
872 — Battle of Hafrsfjord. Harald Fairhair unites Norway.
886 — Alfred the Great of Wessex captures London
904-Founding of the Royal Mint in England
(from wikipedia)

Answer 2

866 Yikes the Vikings and they are raping & pillaging & buggering boys & farm animals along with burning & destroying buildings - - - lots of monks were not only robbed of sacred relics & scant wealth they were also the first to hear` those chilling words, "Ya got a pretty Mouth, Now get down on your knees and pray real Good.'

Lots more happened but none of its excites modern folks / \ watching Britney mangle a song gets more thumbs up then a Danish Warrior whacking someone's head off..
(Or refighting the American Civil War or World War Two)

OH and here is something so rare it ought to be shouted from rooftops... in 959 Edgar the Peaceful became King. How often is a King or President refered to as Peaceful?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html#Viking
"""866 - 77 Invasion of the Great Danish (Viking) Army.
867 The Vikings take Northumbria
871 King Alfred defeats the Vikings but allows them to settle in Eastern England
886 The North subjected to the Danelaw, the rules of the Vikings
889 The Anglo Saxon Chronicle starts
926 Eastern England (Danelaw) is conquered by the Saxons

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html

http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/british.html
""843: Kenneth MacAlpin unites the Scots and Picts in Scotland
865: the Vikings (Danes) invade East Anglia
867: the Vikings (Danes) under Ivarr the Boneless establish a kingdom in York, Northumbria
871: Alfred becomes king of Wessex
878: Wessex king Alfred defeats the Vikings (Danes)
896: Alfred occupies London and pushes the Danes outside Wessex and Mercia to the north of England
899: Alfred's son Edward becomes king of Wessex
900: the "Beowulf"
910: Alfred's son Edward defeats the Danes and annexes to Wessex every town south of the river Humber
924: Edward's son Aethelstan becomes king of Wessex
927: Wessex king Aethelstan conquers most of England, except the five boroughs of Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby and Stamford
937: Aethelstan defeats the Danes at the battle of Brunanburgh and establishes the kindgom of England
959: Edgar the Peaceful becomes the first king of a united England ""

Peace..................................

PS United England there is a theme for an essay. Three Years fior Edgar the Peaceful...!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

Well, the most crucial development in England was the unification of the Anglo-Saxon tribes into one nation.

From about AD 800 on, waves of Danish (Viking) assaults on the coastlines of the British Isles were gradually followed by a succession of Danish settlers. Danish raiders first began to settle in England starting in 865, when brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless wintered in East Anglia. They soon moved north and in 867 captured Northumbria and its capital, York, defeating both the recently deposed King Osberht of Northumbria, as well as the usurper Ælle. The Danes then placed an Englishman, Ecgberht, on the throne of Northumbria as a puppet. The established Danish Kingdom, which controlled over three quarters of the island of Great Britain, became known as the Danelaw.

When Alfred the Great, King Wessex, (848-899) came to the throne in Southern England, control of the island began to shift back to the Anglo-Saxons. He united the the Anglo-Saxon tribes and successfully drove the Danes (Vikings) out of England. Alfred became the first king with the title "King of the Anglo-Saxons".

The Kingdom of England receives its name from the Anglo-Saxons. The Danes gave the island under the rule of Alfred the name, "Angle-Land", which eventually evolved into "England".

Peace

Answer 4

878 CE - Alfred defeats the Danes at Eddington. Alfred had a fleet of longships designed and built, therefore he was named the 'Father of the Royal Navy.'

890 CE - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (England's history up to Alfred's reign) compiled upon Alfred's orders in Old English (Anglo-Saxon).

910 CE - The English and the Danes fought at Tettenhall (near Wolverhampton), and the English were victorious. And in the same year, Aethelflaed (Alfred's firstborn daughter) had a stronghold built at Bremsbyrig (Bromsberrow, near Hereford).

Answer 5

id like to know also, i love history, but dont know too much about early history- i could talk the hind legs off a donkey about modern history lol

have a star!