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| 0865 | Danelaw |  |
| Danish raiders first begin to settle in England, led by brothers Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless, they winter in East Anglia, where they demand and receive tribute in exchange for a temporary peace
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| 0865 | Invasion of England | |
| Danish raiders first begin to settle in England, led by brothers Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless, they winter in East Anglia, where they demand and receive tribute in exchange for a temporary peace
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| East Anglia Lands in England as a leader of the "Great Army"
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| Northumbria The Danes move north and attack Northumbria, which is in the midst of a civil war between the deposed king Osberht and a usurper ’lla
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| 0865 | Siege of York | |
| York The Danes use the civil turmoil in Northumbria as an opportunity to capture York, which they sack and burn
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| 0876 | Capture | |
| Northumbria Settles Danes in Northumbria
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| Mercia Takes control of the eastern half of Mercia
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| York York becomes a Viking town
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