What is recorded here
The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion.
Earl Byrhtnoth and his English thegns fought Viking forces led by Olaf Trygvasson near Maldon, Essex, on 10 or 11 August 991. The English were defeated, and Byrhtnoth was killed, marking a significant setback for Anglo-Saxon resistance and encouraging further Viking raids.
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- Date
- 0991-08-15
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