870s
Centuries: 8th century -
9th century - 10th
century
Decades: 820s - 830s - 840s - 850s - 860s - 870s - 880s - 890s -
900s - 910s - 920s
Years: 870 871 872
873 874 875 876 877 878 879
Events and trends
- The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia. Several battles are fought with Wessex, but then peace
is made (871). The Danes go on to establish the Danelaw in other parts of England. In
876, the Danes attack Wessex again, and in 878 king Alfred the
Great of Wessex has to retreat to a single fort in the marshes of Somerset, but
later that year he defeats the Danes, and England is divided in a Danish part in the northeast and a Wessex part in the south and
west.
- 872: Battle of
Hafrsfjord. Harald Fairhair unites Norway.
Important people
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