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Events

By Place

Europe

• Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others are:
  • 31 December 870 - Englefield
  • 4 January - Reading
  • 8 January - Ashdown
  • 22 January - Battle of Basing
  • 22 March - Merton
  • May - Battle of Wilton
• Alfred the Great succeeds as king of Wessex after Ethelred's death.
• Reading, England is occupied by the Norse.
• After the battle at Wilton, peace is made, with the Danes and Alfred each governing part of England.
• Rhodri Mawr ('the Great') of Gwynedd inherits Seisyllwig, thus uniting most of Wales under his rule.
• Louis II captures Bari, the headquarters of the Saracens.
• Alfred makes Winchester his capital.
• An incomplete marriage contract, dated to October 6 of this year, is the earliest dated document in the Cairo Geniza.
• Tønsberg, the oldest surviving town in the Nordic countries, is founded.
• Svatopluk I becomes king of Great Moravia.

For the helicopter, see Westland Wessex. ... is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 28 - End of the Fourth Council of Constantinople. ... Englefield may refer to: Englefield, a village in the county of Berkshire, England. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... On January 4, 871, Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred attacked a Danish army which was invading Britain and was camped near Reading. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Ashdown, in Berkshire, took place on the 8th January 871. ... is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Battle of Merton was fought in April 871. ... For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... For the 10th century Bishop of Sherborne, see Alfred (bishop). ... For the helicopter, see Westland Wessex. ... Life King Ethelred I (Old English: Æþelræd) (c. ... , Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Rhodri the Great a. ... For the fictional Kingdom of Gwynedd in the Deryni series of novels, see Gwynedd (fictional). ... This article is about the country. ... Louis II, (825 – 875), Holy Roman Emperor (sole ruler 855 – 875), eldest son of the emperor Lothair I, became the designated king of Italy in 839, and taking up his residence in that country was crowned king at Rome by Pope Sergius II on June 15, 844. ... For other uses, see Bari (disambiguation). ... For the rugby club Saracens see Saracens (rugby club) The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close Arms of Winchester City Council Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,000. ... is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cairo Geniza is an accumulation of Jewish manuscripts written from about 870 to as late as 1880 CE, that were found in the geniza of the synagogue of Fustat (Old Cairo), Egypt (built 882), the Busatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and a number of old documents that were... County District Viken Municipality NO-0704 Administrative centre Tønsberg Mayor (2004) Per Arne Olsen (FrP) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 381 107 km² 106 km² 0. ... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ... Svatopluk (-modern Czech name; modern Slovak name: Svätopluk; Old Slavic Свѧтопълкъ; reconstructed name: Sventopluk; some names in Latin texts: Suentopolcus, Zventopluk, Suatopluk, Zwentibald) (around 830 - 894) from the Mojmírs dynasty was the prince of the Nitrian principality (850s - 871) and then the king of Great Moravia (871 - 894). ... Great Moravia was an empire existing in Central Europe between 833 and the early 10th century. ...

United States

• The room of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC in which New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer allegedly had a rendezvous with the call-girl "Kristen" on February 13, 2008.

This article is about the hotel in Washington, DC. There are other historic hotels by the name of Mayflower, including the Mayflower Hotel on the Park in New York City, the Mayflower Hotel in Beirut, and the Mayflower Park Hotel in Seattle. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959 ) is an American lawyer, politician and the current Governor of New York. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• January 8 — King Bagsecg, Viking leader (at the Battle of Ashdown)
• April 23 — King Ethelred of Wessex (in battle)