On This Day - The Viking Age Archive

February

880 – Battle of Thiméon 888 – Coronation of Odo I

14 February

842 – Oaths of Strasbourg

12 February

881 – Coronation of Charles the Fat

3 February

865 – Death of Archbishop Ansgar. 1014 – Sweyn Forkbeard dies.

January

Start of Þorri 770 – Saxons destroy the church at Deventer, Frisia.

28 January

1077 – Walk to Canossa

23 January

1002 – Death of Otto III. 1045 – Marriage of Edward the Confessor and Edith…

22 January

22 January 871 – Battle of Basing

16 January

939 – Proclamation of the Caliphate of Córdoba

13 January

858 – Death of Æthelwulf

11 January

1055 – Coronation of Theodora Porphyrogenita.

8 January

871 – Battle of Ashdown

6 January

The Yule Lads have left! 793 – Raid on Lindisfarne 1066 – Coronation of Harold…

4 January

871 – Battle of Reading 1066 – Death of Edward the Confessor

1 January

898 – Death of Odo of France

31 December

870 – Battle of Englefield

December

Start of Mörsugr.

30 December

999 – Battle of Glenn Máma

25 December

800 – Coronation Charlemagne 855 – Corondation Edmund the Martyr 875 – Coronation Charles the…

24 December

The thirteenth and last Yule Lad

23 December

And then the twelfth Yule Lad comes along.

22 December

Time for the eleventh Yule Lad.

21 December

The tenth Yule Lad comes to town…

20 December

The ninth Yule Lad arrives…

19 December

Arrival of the eighth Yule Lad

18 December

Arrival of the seventh Yule Lad.

17 December

Arrival of the sixth Yule Lad.

16 December

The arrival of the fifth Yule Lad.

15 December

Arrival of the fourth Yule Lad

14 December

Arrival of the Third Yule Lad.

13 December

Arrival of Giljagau, the second Yule Lad! 862 – Marriage of Baldwin I and Judith…

12 December

12 December – Arrival of Stekkjarstaur, the Sheep-Cote Clod!

8 December

877 – Coronation of Louis the Stammerer

1 December

1 December 986(-969) – Death of Harald Bluetooth

November

1148 – Death of Ari Thorgilsson

29 November

939 – Coronation of Edmund I

22 November

845 – Battle of Ballon

20 November

869/70 – Death of Edmund the Martyr

13 November

1002 – St Brice’s Day Massacre 1093 – Battle of Alnwick

12 November

Feast of Lebuinus. 1035 – Death of Cnut the Great 1035 – Coronation of Harald…

10 November

933 – Óláf Guthrithsson goes to Ireland.

7 November

921 – Treaty of Bonn

2 November

1083 – Death of Matilda of Flanders.

October

Gormánuðr – start of the winter season 886 – End of the Siege of Paris

18 October

1016 – Battle of Assundun

15 October

1066 – Edgar Ætheling declared king of England.

14 October

1066 – The battle of Hastings and the death of Harald Godwinsson.

9 October

Hurrah! It’s Leif Erikson Day today!

6 October

877 – Death of Charles the Bald

5 October

816 – Coronation of Louis the Pious

01 October

856 – Marriage of Aethelwulf and Judith 959 – Death of Eadwig

September

825 – Battle of Ellandun 891 – Battle of Louvain

28 September

1043 – Battle of Lyrskov Heath

25 September

1066 – Battle of Stamford Bridge

23 September

1241 – Death of Snorri Sturluson

20 September

1066 – Battle of Fulford

14 September

919 – Battle of Islandbridge

13 September

813 – Coronation Louis the Pious 908 – Battle of Ballaghmoon

10 September

1000 – Battle of the Svold 1000 – Death of Olaf Tryggvason

9 September

1087 – Death of William the Conqueror

8 September

801 – Birth of Ansgar

4 September

925 – Coronation of Æthelstan I

28 August

876 – Death of Louis the German

22 August

917 – Battle of Mag Femen.

20 August

Feast of Saint Stephen of Hungary

18 August

1095 – Death of Olaf Hunger

15 August

778 – Battle of Roncevaux Pass 946 – Coronation of Eadred I 1038 – Death…

14 August

1040 – Death of Duncan I of Scotland

11 August

991 – Battle of Maldon, England.

10 August

843 – Treaty of Verdun 955 – Battle of Lechfeld

9 August

1062 – Battle of Niså.

8 August

870 – Treaty of Meerssen.

7 August

1106 – Death of Henry IV of Germany.

5 August

910 – Battle of Tettenhall.

3 August

881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu.

1 August

939 – Battle of Trans-la-Forêt 984 – Death of bishop Æthelwold.

July

1017 – Marriage of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy 1086 – Olaf Hunger…

29 July

796 – Death of Offa of Mercia 1030 – Battle of Stiklestad

25 July

864 – Edict of Pistres.

20 July

911 – Siege of Chartres.

18 July

1038 – Death of Gunhilda of Denmark

15 July

1015 – Death of Vladimir the Great

14 July

1077 – Bayeux tapestry on display for first time in Bayeux Cathedral.

13 July

1024 – Death of Henry the Exuberant.

12 July

927 – Treaty between Scots and Anglo-Saxons.

10 July

1086 – Murder of Cnut the Holy. 1103 – Death of Erik I of Denmark.

8 July

810, Death of Pepin, son of Charlemagne. 975, Death of Edgar the Peaceable.

3 July

987 – Coronation of Hugh Capet. 1035 – William the Conqueror becomes Duke of Normandy.

2 July

866 – Battle of Brissarthe 936 – Death of Henry the Fowler

June

885 – Murder of Gudfred, Duke of Frisia. 1040 – Coronation of Harthacnut III as…

30 June

888 – Death of Æthelred, Archbishop of Canterbury.

29 June

1036 – Marriage of Henry III of Germany and Gunhild.

25 June

25 June 841 – Battle of Fontenoy

24 June

843 – Viking Raid on Nantes 888 – Odo I defeats the Vikings

15 June

923 – Death of Robert I, King of the Franks. 960 – Death of St…

13 June

823 – Birth of Charles the Bald 839 – Birth of Charles the Fat

12 June

918 – Death of Æthelflæd, Lady of Mercia.

8 June

900 – Coronation of Edward the Elder 1042 – Death of Harthacnut

7 June

929 – Death of Ælfthryth of Wessex.