Major conflict865 CE – 878 CE · 13 years

Invasion by the Great Heathen Army

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

England · East Anglia · Northumbria

Estimated casualties

50Ksingle estimate · no range published

The massive Viking invasion of England that conquered much of the country and established the Danelaw.

Belligerents2

Danish Vikings
England

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Invasion by the Great Heathen Army (865 CE – 878 CE). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/great-heathen-army · Sources & methodology