Battle of Reading (871)

Battle of Reading (871)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Reading (871)
partof= Viking invasion


caption=
date=4 January 871
place=Reading, Berkshire
result=Saxon defeat with great losses
combatant1=Anglo-Saxons
combatant2=Danish Vikings
commander1=Ethelred of Wessex and Alfred
commander2=
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=
casualties2=

:"See also Siege of Reading (1642-1643), Battle of Reading (1688)"

The first Battle of Reading was a battle on January 4 871 near Reading in what is now the English county of Berkshire. The battle occurred when Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great attacked a Danish army, which was invading Britain and was camped near Reading. Although many Danes were killed, the Saxons under Ethelred were defeated and driven from the field with great losses.

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a West Saxon ealdorman named Aethelwulf was killed here. Aethelwulf had been the victorious West Saxon leader four days earlier at the Battle of Englefield.

The description of this battle in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the first mention of the town of Reading.

External links

* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/articles/reading_vikings.html Berkshire History article]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Battle of Reading — may refer to:*Battle of Reading (871) *Battle of Reading (1688);See also *Siege of Reading (1642 1643) …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Reading (1688) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Reading partof= the Glorious Revolution caption= date=9 December 1688 place=Reading, Berkshire result=Decisive Williamite victory James flees to France combatant1=Soldiers loyal to James II… …   Wikipedia

  • Reading, Berkshire — Reading   Town Borough   …   Wikipedia

  • Siege of Reading — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Reading partof= First English Civil War caption= date=4 November 1642 25 April 1643 place=Reading, Berkshire result=Royalist garrison surrendered combatant1=Parliamentary army combatant2=Royalist… …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Ashdown — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Ashdown partof=the Viking Saxon wars date=8 January 871 place=Berkshire casus= territory= result=Limited Saxon victory combatant1=West Saxons combatant2=Vikings commander1=Alfred commander2=Bagsecg†… …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Edington — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Edington partof=the Viking Saxon wars date=May 878 place=Edington, Wiltshire casus= territory= result=Decisive Saxon victory combatant1=West Saxons combatant2=Vikings commander1=Alfred the Great… …   Wikipedia

  • Battle of Saragarhi — Coordinates: 33°33′N 70°56′E / 33.55°N 70.933°E / 33.55; 70.933 …   Wikipedia

  • 871 — Années : 868 869 870  871  872 873 874 Décennies : 840 850 860  870  880 890 900 Siècles : VIIIe siècle  IXe siècle …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 871 — NOTOC EventsBy PlaceEurope* Nine battles are fought between the Danes and Wessex. Of two of them the place and date are not recorded, the others are: ** 31 December, 870 Englefield ** 4 January Reading ** 8 January Ashdown ** 22 January Battle of …   Wikipedia

  • Tsushima, Battle of — (1905)    Fought May 27, Tsushima was the decisive naval battle of the Russo Japanese War, a Japanese victory as spectacular as Horatio Nelson ’s at Trafalgar 100 years earlier. With the destruction of the Russian Pacific Fleet in the Battle of… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”