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==== Britain ====
* [[Vikings]] devastate the [[Wales|Welsh]] coast and move up the [[River Severn|Severn River]]. They capture Bishop [[Cyfeilliog]] of [[Ergyng]], and he is ransomed by King [[Edward the Elder]]. The Vikings are defeated by levies from [[Hereford]] and [[Gloucester]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Whitelock|editor-first=Dorothy|editor-link=Dorothy Whitelock|title=English Historical Documents, Volume 1, c. 500–1042|chapter =Anglo-Saxon Chronicle|page=212|edition=2nd |year=1979|publisher=Routledge|location=London, UK|isbn= 978-0-415-14366-0}}</ref>
* [[Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians]], a daughter of King [[Alfred the Great]], builds a [[burh]] or fortified dwelling at [[Warwick]] and repairs [[Eddisbury hill fort]]. She leads the Mercians in their fight against the [[Denmark|Danish]] invaders.<ref name="ASC">''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', ed. M. Swanton (Dent, London 1997), ''s.a.'' 911–918.</ref>