Ivar the Boneless
King of Jorvik
6 dated entries naming Ivar the Boneless, drawn from 6 separate years between 865 CE and 873 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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9th century
- 865The Great Heathen Army (probably no more than 1,000 men) of Vikings, led by Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan Ragnarsson, invades East Anglia. King Edmund of East Anglia buys peace with a supply of horses.source
- 867Deira, the southernmost part of Northumbria, is conquered by the Vikings. Ivar the Boneless, one of their leaders, installs a puppet king of Northumbria, Ecgberht I.source
- 869The Danes, led by Viking chieftain Ivar the Boneless, 'make peace' with the Mercians (by accepting Danegeld). Ivar leaves Nottingham on horseback, and returns to York.source
- 870Autumn – The Great Heathen Army, led by Ivar the Boneless and Ubba, invades East Anglia and plunders Peterborough. King Edmund the Martyr is captured, tortured, beaten and used for archery practice (or 869).source
- 872Ivar the Boneless, Viking chief (approximate date)source
- 873Ivar the Boneless, Viking leader (approximate date)source
Named in the same entries
- Great Heathen Army (2)
- Denmark (1)
- Mercia (1)
- York (1)
- Danegeld (1)
- Nottingham (1)
- Vikings (1)
- Kingdom of East Anglia (1)
- Halfdan Ragnarsson (1)
- Deira (1)
- East Anglia (1)
- Peterborough (1)