Year 865 (DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. Carloman receives Bavaria (with more lands along the Inn River). He gives Saxony to Louis the Younger (with Franconia, and Thuringia) and Swabia (with Raetia) to Charles the Fat.

The Great Heathen Army, [a] also known as the Viking Great Army, [1] was a coalition of Scandinavian warriors who invaded England in 865 AD. Since the late 8th century, the Vikings [b] had been engaging in raids on centres of wealth, such as monasteries.

The Viking invasion of Britain in 865 AD is sometimes called the Great Heathen Army, or Great Danish Army or the Great Viking Army. Previous invasions were for loot, but this one led to semi-permanent settlement. A large force of Danish Vikings attacked Anglo-Saxon England. This army appeared in East Anglia in 865.

In 865, a sizeable Viking force – estimated to be around some 3,000 men – landed on the Isle of Thanet in Kent with the intention of seizing England…

2021年4月12日 · The Great Heathen Army was a coalition of Viking warriors that invaded England in AD 865, which according to lore was in response to the death of the legendary figure Ragnar Lodbrok, at the hands of King Ælla of Northumberland.

It saw an army of Vikings invade Britain and very nearly conquer the four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms over a period that lasted nearly three times longer than the Second World War. The evidence shows that this full-scale invasion in 865 was unlike anything ever seen in Britain’s history.

2024年4月1日 · The Great Heathen Army, a vast Scandinavian coalition, invaded England in AD 865, escalating from prior Viking raids to aim at conquering East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex, signifying a shift from plunder to occupation.

The Great Heathen Army (OE: mycel heathen here), also known as the Great Danish Army or The Great Viking Army, was a group of hitherto uncoordinated bands of vikings that originated from Denmark, Norway and southern Sweden who came together under a unified command to invade England in 865 AD...

The Great Heathen Army was a coalition of Scandinavian raiders and warriors who invaded England in 865 AD. The army consisted of warriors from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and was one of the largest Viking armies ever assembled.

2024年5月26日 · Excavations since the 1970s have uncovered compelling evidence that Repton hosted the Great Heathen Army, a massive Viking force that invaded England in 865 AD and campaigned across the country for over a decade.