High Middle Ages · Europe · War

1015

Cnut invades England

1015

Sweyn's twenty-year-old son landed at Sandwich with a fleet said to number two hundred ships. His army rampaged through Wessex while the aging Ethelred lay ill at Cosham. Within two years Cnut would be acclaimed king of all England and begin an extraordinary North Sea imperial career. He brought with him Thorkell the Tall and an army of hardened Danish veterans spoiling for conquest.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: July 29, 1014: Battle of Kleidion
After: April 23, 1016: Death of Ethelred the Unready

Before and after in War

Before: 1014: Rajendra Chola begins northern campaign
After: October 18, 1016: Battle of Assandun

Era

High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Cnut