12 events with tag "raid"
280 BC
ID: 5373
Celtic raids reach Delphi - Brennus leads 150,000 Gauls to attack sacred site, repelled but demonstrates Celtic military power
ID: 5373
367
ID: 2534
Great Conspiracy - Picts, Scots, and Saxons coordinate attacks on Roman Britain, Hadrian's Wall overrun
ID: 2534
789
ID: 2623
First Viking raid on England - three ships land at Portland, reeve killed trying to collect taxes
ID: 2623
793
ID: 2918
Viking Age begins - raid on Lindisfarne shocks Christian Europe, Charlemagne strengthens coastal defenses
ID: 2918
793
ID: 2548
June 8, 793
Vikings raid Lindisfarne - 'dragons' seen in sky, monastery destroyed, beginning of Viking Age in England
ID: 2548
794
ID: 3696
Vikings raid Jarrow monastery - sister monastery to Lindisfarne attacked, but Vikings suffer heavy losses in storm
ID: 3696
799
ID: 3697
Vikings raid Aquitaine - first recorded Viking raid on continental Francia, beginning expansion beyond British Isles
ID: 3697
834
ID: 3699
Vikings raid Dorestad - major Frankish trading center repeatedly attacked, demonstrating Viking reach into heart of Europe
ID: 3699
844
ID: 3701
Vikings raid Seville in Muslim Spain - first attack on Iberia, defeated by Abd al-Rahman II's forces
ID: 3701
859
ID: 3702
Bjorn Ironside's Mediterranean expedition begins - four-year voyage raiding Spain, North Africa, and Italy
ID: 3702
1009
ID: 5808
Thorkell the High arrives with massive Viking fleet - 45 ships raid Kent and demand tribute
ID: 5808
1066
ID: 2580
May 1066
Tostig raids English coast - Harold's exiled brother attacks with fleet, driven off to Scotland
ID: 2580