Events Tagged: "payment"

John VIII becomes hundred-seventh pope - first pope assassinated, pays tribute to Saracens

Charles the Fat pays off Vikings - instead of fighting, pays huge ransom and grants them Burgundy to pillage

First Danegeld payment - Ethelred pays 10,000 pounds of silver to Vikings after Battle of Maldon defeat

Second Danegeld payment - 16,000 pounds paid to Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard after siege of London

Third Danegeld payment - 24,000 pounds of silver paid to Viking army

Fourth Danegeld payment - 36,000 pounds paid, massive tax burden on England