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{'id':1044,'gmid':227, 'date':' 853','title':'Alfred goes to Rome','dets':'Alfred is sent to Rome by his father to see Pope Leo IV. <a href="hstt34.htm#J1044">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1056,'gmid':227, 'date':' 855','title':'Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome','dets':'Ethelwulf and Alfred visit Rome to see Pope Leo IV. <a href="hstt34.htm#J1056">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1060,'gmid':145, 'date':' 867','title':'Danes are attacked and move south','dets':'Armies from Northumbria attacked the Danes at York but were defeated. The Danes moved south attacking Nottingham and taking the city. The king of Mercia asked Ethelred and Alfred for assistance and... <a href="hstt34.htm#J1060">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2146,'gmid':182, 'date':'Qtr 1 871','title':'Battle of Ashdown','dets':'Athelred and Alfred defeated the Danes at Ashdown.  <a href="hstt34.htm#J2146">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1076,'gmid':183, 'date':'Qtr 2 871','title':'More Danes arrive in Britain','dets':'Another army of Danes landed in London and were joined by those at Reading. The army defeated Alfred at Wilton and so the king decided to pay the Danes some money to keep the peace. <a href="hstt34.htm#J1076">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1065,'gmid':258, 'date':'Apr 871','title':'Alfred \'The Great\' becomes king of Wessex','dets':'After fighting the Danes all winter Athelred died. He was only in his twenties. He was buried at Wimborne and was succeeded by his younger brother Alfred \'the Great\'. <a href="hstt34.htm#J1065">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1081,'gmid':191, 'date':' 876','title':'Danes defeated in the south','dets':'Led by Guthrum, an army of Danes moved to Wareham in Dorset where they were met by a new army from the sea who landed at Poole. Alfred trapped the army and demanded hostages in return for a peaceful... <a href="hstt35.htm#J1081">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1082,'gmid':192, 'date':'Jan 878','title':'The Danes take the advantage','dets':'After Exeter. Alfred was hoping that trouble with the Danes was over, but again led by Guthrum, an army headed for Alfred at his Chippenham residence. Alfred fled under overwelming odds leaving... <a href="hstt35.htm#J1082">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1083,'gmid':193, 'date':'Spring 878','title':'Alfred burns the cakes','dets':'During the winter and spring period Alfred was in hiding. He ran a guerrilla warfare style war against the Danes and set up his headquarters on the Isle of Athelney in Somerset. It was on one of his... <a href="hstt35.htm#J1083">(more)</a>' },
{'id':1084,'gmid':192, 'date':'Apr 878','title':'Battle of Edington','dets':'Alfred called for his men to form an army and attack the Danes. He ordered the army to meet at a location known as Egbert\'s Stone and seven weeks after Easter an army was formed. Once formed the army... <a href="hstt35.htm#J1084">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2405,'gmid':259, 'date':' 879','title':'New Viking Invasion','dets':'A new Viking fleet sailed up the Thames and and built a camp at Fulham. For Alfred this was a worrying situation as he was unsure if this new Viking army would move to join Guthrum. Alfred did not... <a href="hstt35.htm#J2405">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2407,'gmid':196, 'date':' 885','title':'Vikings besiege Rochester','dets':'An army of Vikings landed in Kent from the Continent and besieged Rochester. Alfred\'s work in improving the defences of the major towns paid off and the town held out long enough for Alfred to... <a href="hstt35.htm#J2407">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2408,'gmid':197, 'date':' 886','title':'Alfred captures London','dets':'Alfred took full control of London and strengthened its defences in defiance against Viking attacks. London had not been a capital town before now but Alfred raised London\'s status. <a href="hstt35.htm#J2408">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2410,'gmid':198, 'date':' 893','title':'Danish Invasion','dets':'A huge army of Danes travelled from from Boulogne using some 250 ships and crossed the Channel landing in Kent at the Lympne Estuary, now called the River Rother. The army found a half-completed... <a href="hstt35.htm#J2410">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2411,'gmid':200, 'date':' 894','title':'Battle at Farnham','dets':'While Alfred concentrated his efforts against the Danes at Milton, the Danes at Appledore left their camp. Alfred\'s son Edward took an army and caught the Danes at Farnham. Edward dealt a heavy blow... <a href="hstt35.htm#J2411">(more)</a>' },
{'id':2412,'gmid':203, 'date':' 895','title':'Danes march west','dets':'The combined Danish army left Shoebury and marched west up the Thames valley through Worcestershire and up the Severn valley finally reaching Chester where they were besieged by the Saxons who tried... <a href="hstt35.htm#J2412">(more)</a>' },
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