11 events with tag "Alfred"
871
ID: 2551
Alfred becomes King of Wessex - youngest son inherits during Viking invasion, Wessex last independent Saxon kingdom
ID: 2551
871
ID: 2552
January 8, 871
Battle of Ashdown - Alfred defeats Danish Great Army, first major Saxon victory over Vikings
ID: 2552
878
ID: 2554
Alfred hides at Athelney - burns the cakes (legend), organizes resistance from marsh fortress
ID: 2554
878
ID: 2553
January 878
Guthrum attacks Chippenham at Twelfth Night - Alfred flees to Somerset marshes, darkest hour of Saxon England
ID: 2553
878
ID: 2555
May 878
Battle of Edington - Alfred decisively defeats Guthrum's Vikings, saves Wessex and Christianity in England
ID: 2555
880
ID: 5829
Burghal Hidage established - Alfred assigns hides to maintain fortified burghs, 1 man per 4 feet of wall, revolutionary defense system
ID: 5829
886
ID: 2630
Alfred retakes London - restores and refortifies city, all English not under Danish rule accept him as king
ID: 2630
896
ID: 2557
Alfred builds first English navy - designs new warships twice size of Viking longships, defeats Danish fleet
ID: 2557
899
ID: 2558
October 26, 899
Death of Alfred the Great - only English king called 'Great', saved England, promoted learning and law
ID: 2558
1005
ID: 5877
Emma bears Aethelred sons Edward and Alfred - future Edward the Confessor born, creating succession complications
ID: 5877
1017
ID: 5885
Emma's sons by Aethelred remain in Norman exile - Edward and Alfred stay in Normandy while mother reigns with their father's conqueror
ID: 5885