870S

Events and trends

• 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.
• 872: Battle of Hafrsfjord. Harald Fairhair unites Norway.

Important people

• Alfred the Great
• Harald I of Norway
• Rhodri Mawr (the Great)
• Charles the Bald
• Rurik

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
202 bc 149 bc 146 bc 48 bc 31 30s bc 500s bc 7th century bc 1851 1853 1600s	1600 1827 1500 1822 1831 5.56 x 45 mm nato 7.62 mm caliber 800s 800 810s 820s	830s 840s 850s 860s 880s 890s 790s 780s 770s 760s 750s	1750s 740s 730s 720s 710s 1710s 700s 1593 1079 1142 1066