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==== England ====
* Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] repeatedly attack southern [[Kingdom of England|England]], destroying the land to avenge the [[St. Brice's Day massacre]] of [[1002]].
*August &ndash; A large Viking army led by [[Thorkell the Tall]] lands on [[Kent]] and proceeds to terrorize most of [[Southern England]].<ref>{{cite book | author= Peter Sawyer |title = The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings |year = 2001 |location=London |publisher= Oxford University Press | isbn= 978-0-19-285434-6 | page=75}}</ref><ref>The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</ref>