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• Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others are:
  • 31 December 870 – Englefield
  • 4 January – Reading
  • 8 January – Ashdown
  • 22 January – Battle of Basing
  • 22 March – Merton
  • May – Battle of Wilton
• Alfred the Great succeeds as king of Wessex after Ethelred's death.
• Reading, England is occupied by the Norse.
• After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of England.
• Rhodri Mawr ('the Great') of Gwynedd inherits Seisyllwig, thus uniting most of Wales under his rule.
• Louis II captures Bari, the headquarters of the Saracens.
• Alfred makes Winchester his capital.
• An incomplete marriage contract, dated to October 6 of this year, is the earliest dated document in the Cairo Geniza.
• Tønsberg, the oldest surviving town in the Nordic countries, is founded.
• Svatopluk I becomes king of Great Moravia.

Deaths

• January 8—King Bagsecg, Viking leader (at the Battle of Ashdown)
• April 23—King Ethelred of Wessex (in battle)

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Events

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Europe

• Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others were:
  • Englefield (31 December 870)
  • Reading (4 January)
  • Ashdown (8 January)
  • Basing (22 January)
  • Merton (22 March)
  • Wilton (May)
• Alfred the Great succeeds as king of Wessex after Ethelred's death.
• Reading, England occupied by the Norse.
• After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of England.
• Rhodri Mawr ('the Great') of Gwynedd inherits Seisyllwig, thus uniting most of Wales under his rule
• Louis II captures Bari, the headquarters of the Saracens.
• Alfred makes Winchester to his capital.
• An incomplete marriage contract, dated to October 6 of this year, is the earliest dated document in the Cairo Geniza.
• Foundation of Tønsberg, the oldest surviving town in the Nordic countries.
• Svatopluk I becomes king of Great Moravia

Deaths

• January 8 — King Bagsecg, Viking leader (killed at the Battle of Ashdown
• April 23 — King Ethelred of Wessex (killed in battle)

People of the year 871 at Familypedia

1 people were born in 871

3 children were born to the 1 women born in 871

0 people died in 871

83 people lived in 871

Events of the year 871 at Familypedia

0 people were married in 871.

There were 0 military battles in 871.