- 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing.[2]
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In the year of 754 AD, the legend of the pagan warrior king, Redbad, is born, but so is a new weapon against his people: Christianity. Redbad must ultimately unite a Viking army powerful enough to defeat the seemingly invincible Franks.
871 – Battle of Basing : The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vikings at Basing . [ 2 ]