1012
ID: 2637
Massive Danegeld of 48,000 pounds paid - largest payment ever to Vikings, Thorkell the High enters English service
ID: 2637
1012
ID: 3979
Benedict VIII becomes hundred-forty-third pope - Count of Tusculum, defeats Saracens, crowns Henry II
ID: 3979
1012
ID: 5811
Aethelred establishes heregeld tax system - permanent annual tax to maintain standing army of Danish mercenaries
ID: 5811
1012
ID: 5810
April 19, 1012
Murder of Archbishop Aelfheah at Greenwich - killed by drunken Vikings, causes Thorkell to defect to Aethelred
ID: 5810