Battle of Assandun
October 18, 1016
Cnut the Dane met Edmund Ironside on Essex downland, and after a day of hacking at shield walls, treachery by the ealdorman Eadric Streona broke the English line. Edmund fled; the two kings later met at Alney and partitioned England between them. Edmund would be dead within six weeks, and suspicion of foul play followed Cnut's rapid consolidation of the entire kingdom.
In context
Also in 1016 (3 other events on record)
- Rajendra Chola completes conquest of Sri Lanka · South Asia · War
- Death of Edmund Ironside · Europe · Politics
- Death of Ethelred the Unready · Europe · Politics
Before and after in Europe
- Before: 1015: Cnut invades England
- After: 1017: Cnut crowned King of England
Before and after in War
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.