Battle of Maldon

Name: Battle of Maldon
Start: 0991-08-15

15 Aug 991 · 51.72° N, 0.70° E

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When: 15 Aug 991
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 51.72° N, 0.70° E
Description: 991 CE battle near Maldon, United Kingdom

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Following a raid by Olaf Tryggvason at the mouth of the River Thames, ealdorman Byrhtnoth is killed in the Battle of Maldon in Essex”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Wikingerzeit: In der Schlacht von Maldon schlagen eingedrungene Wikinger auf einem Raubzug in Essex einen Trupp angelsächsische Krieger unter dem Anführer…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “à la suite d'un raid du Norvégien Olaf Tryggvason dans l’embouchure de la Tamise, l'ealdorman Byrhtnoth est écrasé par les Danois à la bataille de Maldon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Молдоне в восточной Англии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Maldon - Los anglosajones son derrotados por los invasores vikingos liderados por Olaf Tryggvason (futuro rey Olaf I de Noruega)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月10日发生马尔登战役，维京人与英格兰人在黑水河畔激战，比尔特诺斯伯爵战死。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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