991
ID: 2631
First Danegeld payment - Ethelred pays 10,000 pounds of silver to Vikings after Battle of Maldon defeat
ID: 2631
991
ID: 2632
August 10, 991
Battle of Maldon - Byrhtnoth allows Vikings to cross causeway for fair fight, heroic defeat immortalized in poem
ID: 2632
991
ID: 5804
August 10, 991
Battle of Maldon - Byrhtnoth's heroic defeat by Viking army, triggers England's Danegeld policy
ID: 5804