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==== Britain ==== * The [[Great Heathen Army]] (probably no more than 1,000 men) of [[Vikings]], led by [[Ivar the Boneless]] and [[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], invades [[Kingdom of East Anglia|East Anglia]]. King [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund of East Anglia]] buys peace with a supply of [[horse]]s. * Viking king [[Ragnar Lodbrok]] is captured by the [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbrians]] in battle, and killed by being thrown into a pit filled with venomous [[snake]]s, on the orders of King [[Ælla of Northumbria]]. * Autumn – King [[Æthelberht of Wessex]] dies after a 5-year reign, and is buried at [[Sherborne Abbey]] ([[Dorset]]). He is succeeded by his brother [[Æthelred of Wessex|Æthelred I]], as ruler of [[Wessex]].
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