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The Battle of Haugsnes was fought on April 19, 1246 between the forces of Thordur Kakali and those of Gissur Thorvaldsson. Kakali was victorious. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga, emperor of Japan. ...
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Family Clans Sturlungar | Ásbirningar | Oddaverjar | Haukdælir | Vatnsfirðingar | Svínfellingar | Image File history File links Miecze. ... Generally, a battle is an instance of combat in warfare between two or more parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others. ... The Age of the Sturlungs or the Sturlung Era (Icelandic Sturlungaöld) was a 42-44 year period of internal strife in mid 13th century Iceland. ... The Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungar) were a powerful family clan in medieval mid-13th century Iceland, in the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth. ... The Haukdælir were one of the family clans who controlled medieval Iceland during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth. ...
Goði chieftains Snorri Sturluson | Sighvatur Sturluson | Sturla Sighvatsson | Þórður kakali Sighvatsson | Sturla Þórðarson | Gissur Þorvaldsson | Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson | Brandur Kolbeinsson Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ... Sturla Þórðarson was an Icelandic politician/chieftain and writer of sagas during the 13th century. ...
Battles and Conflicts Battle of Örlygsstaðir | Flóabardagi | Battle of Haugsnes | Flugumýrarbrenna | Flóabardagi (English: Battle of the Gulf) was a naval battle which took place on June 25, 1244 off the coast of Iceland during the Sturlungaöld civil war. ...
Politics Haakon IV of Norway | Hallvarður gullskór | Vassalage | Old Covenant | Icelandic Commonwealth | Jarldom | Althingi | Goðorð An illustration of Hákon, King of Norway, and his son Magnus, from Flateyjarbók HÃ¥kon IV (1204 – December 16, 1263), (Norwegian HÃ¥kon HÃ¥konsson, Old Norse Hákon Hákonarson) also called Haakon the Old. ... A vassal, in European medieval feudalism terminology, is one who through a commendation ceremony (composed of homage and fealty) enters into mutual obligations with a lord, usually military conscription and mutual protection, in exchange for a fief. ... The Old Covenant (Icelandic Gamli sáttmáli ) was the name of the agreement which effected the union of Iceland and Norway. ... The Icelandic Commonwealth or the Icelandic Free State (Icelandic: Þjóðveldisöld) was the state existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king in 1262. ... Alþingi (English: Althing) is the national parliament, or literally the General Iceland. ...
Battle of Naklo Boleslaus III of Poland defeats Pomeranians
Battle of Cassano - September 27 - Ezzelino III da Romano is defeated by the crusade army of the Guelphs.
Battle of Rio Salado - October 30 - Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I. Battle of Morlaix Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix.
Battle on 14 October 1066 at which William, Duke of Normandy (William (I) the Conqueror) defeated King Harold II of England.
The story of the battle is told in a sequence of scenes in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Having defeated an invasion by King Harald (III) Hardrada of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September 1066), Harold moved south to counter the landing of the Duke of Normandy, who had laid a claim to the English throne, at Pevensey Bay, Kent.
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