• The term invasion of England may refer to the following planned or actual invasions of what is now modern England, successful or otherwise. The 55 and...
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    11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy...
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    in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and other places in Europe for being brutal. Many theories are posited for the cause of the Viking invasions; the...
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    invasion left his son Hakon to rule Norway. Thorkell the Tall, despite resisting Sweyn’s invasion in 1013, swore to aid Cnut in Reconquering England....
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  • Scottish invasions of England occurred several times over a period of centuries. This is a list of notable invasions. English invasions of Scotland...
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    between the West and the East of England is not due to the Anglo-Saxon invasion but originates with two main routes of genetic flow – one up the Atlantic...
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    The invasion of England in 1326 by the country's queen, Isabella of France, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, led to the capture and executions of Hugh Despenser...
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    Following Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain in 54 BC, some southern British chiefdoms had become allies of the Romans. The exile of their ally Verica gave...
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    threatened invasions of England by the Danes. In 1086, he ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all of the land-holdings in England along...
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    The Varangians of Byzantium. Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0-521-21745-3. DeVries, Kelly (1999). The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066. Boydell...
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    Great Britain. The first French Army of England had gathered on the Channel coast in 1798, but an invasion of England was sidelined by Napoleon's concentration...
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    Invasions of the British Isles have occurred several times throughout their history. The British Isles have been subject to several waves of invasion...
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    English politicians began to urge an armed invasion of England. William at first opposed the prospect of invasion, but most historians now agree that he began...
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    Sweyn Forkbeard launched a full-scale invasion of England, after a few months of claiming submission over England and a successful attack on London, Æthelred...
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  • of Cyprus 1415 invasion of France by the Kingdom of England. Turkoman invasions of Georgia 1407–1502 1407 invasion of Vietnam by China 1403 invasion of...
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    their planned invasion of the United Kingdom. It was to have taken place during the Battle of Britain, nine months after the start of the Second World...
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    Cnut (redirect from Canute of England)
    that Cnut was "of no great age" when he first went to war. It also mentions a battle identifiable with Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England and attack on...
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  • Scotland 1296 - English invasion of Scotland (1296), undertaken by King Edward I of England, event that initiated the First War of Scottish Independence...
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    English Channel, join with the Duke of Parma in Flanders, and escort an invasion force that would land in England and overthrow Elizabeth I. Its purpose...
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    account of a German invasion of England, which, in the Western world, aroused the national imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical invasions by foreign...
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    in the House of Stuart to the throne, persisted into the late 18th century. William's invasion was the last successful invasion of England. Despite his...
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    immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed in Sussex on 28 September 1066. Harold and his army were...
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    Ashley (1998), Sweyn's invasion was partly motivated by the St. Brice's Day Massacre in November 1002, where Danes in England were massacred under orders...
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    rightful heir of the throne of England and nobles flocked to his cause. In preparation of the invasion, Harold assembled his troops on the Isle of Wight, but...
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    the duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the king of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales. The invasion had created...
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    An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar...
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    Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême...
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    Great Heathen Army (category Invasions of England)
    fairly common during that period of time. The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, on the other hand, mentions that the invasion of England by the Great Heathen Army was...
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    "because of his valour" in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut. In summer of 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard launched a full-scale invasion of England, driving...
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    invasion of England, hoping to remove British forces from the War of the Austrian Succession. Charles then travelled to Dunkirk with the purpose of accompanying...
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