Monday, June 8, 2015

History Trivia - Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne

June 8,

793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and is commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasion of England.

1042 Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England died.

1191 Richard the Lion-Hearted of England arrived at the port of Acre in the Holy Land during the third Crusade. He captured Acre, but could not recapture Jerusalem from the Turks.

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