Battle of Englefield

When

4 Jan 871

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.44° N, 1.10° W

Description

battle on 31 December 870 at Englefield, near Reading

Part of the Viking invasions of England (870)

The Battle of Englefield was a West Saxon victory against a Danish Viking army on about 31 December 870 at Englefield, near Reading in Berkshire. It was the first of a series of battles that took place following an invasion of Wessex by the Danish army in December 870.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Englefield: The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht bei Englefield während der Wikingerzeit in England zwischen einem angelsächsischen Heer aus Wessex und Mercia auf der einen Seite und dänischen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Danois d’Hálfdan envahissent le royaume saxon du Wessex”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “31 декабря 870 года в Уэссексе недалеко от Рединга в битве при Энглфилде англосаксы разбили вторгшихся датских викингов”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page