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13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

13th December 2022
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Danelaw, Edward the Elder, England, Medieval, Mercia, Northumbria, Vikings, Wessex

Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the Holme.

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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria

8th June 2022
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Christianity, Danelaw, England, Lindisfarne, Monastery, Norse, Northumbria, Paganism, Scandinavia, Vikings

Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.

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13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

7th December 1837: The Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern during the Upper Canada Rebellion

6th December 1648: “Pride’s Purge” stops MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England from entering the House of Commons

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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