Danelaw Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Explore the rich history of the Danelaw (9th-11th century) through this engaging timeline game. Test your knowledge of this period by placing events in their correct chronological order.
- Key detail 1: Learn about the Viking raids that led to the establishment of the Danelaw in England.
- Key detail 2: Discover how the Danelaw influenced the cultural, political, and legal landscape of the region.
- Key detail 3: Uncover the eventual assimilation of the Danelaw into the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England.
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- 865: Formation of the Danelaw
- 866: Great Heathen Army led by the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok invades England
- 867: Viking army captures York and establishes a Viking kingdom in Northumbria
- 878: King Alfred the Great of Wessex signs the Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, dividing England into Danelaw and English-controlled territories
- 886: Viking army led by Guthrum attacks Wessex
- 878-890: Viking king Guthrum converts to Christianity and is baptized
- 895-900: Reign of Viking king Guthfrith in York
- 948: Erik Bloodaxe becomes the last Viking king of Jorvik (York)
- 954: Erik Bloodaxe is expelled from Jorvik and the Danelaw comes under English control
- 958: Harold Bluetooth of Denmark gains control over the Danelaw
- 977: Harold Bluetooth loses control over the Danelaw to English forces
- 1016: Canute the Great, a Danish king, becomes King of England and unites the Danelaw with the rest of England
- 1055: Earl Siward of Northumbria leads an unsuccessful rebellion against the English king Edward the Confessor
- 1066: Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror
- 1066: End of the Danelaw as England comes under Norman control