History Trivia - Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish Army Invasion

March 2,

 

462 Total Lunar Eclipse.

 

                                                                 Lindisfarne Priory

 

672 Saint Caedda died. He was educated at Lindisfarne and spent time in Ireland before succeeding his brother as Abbot of Laestingaeu in Yorkshire.

                                                                   Ethelred of Wessex
 

871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred of Wessex beat the Danish invasion army.

 

986 Louis V became King of the Franks.

 

986 Lothair, King of France, died.

 

1127 Charles the Good, Count of Flanders, was murdered while at prayer in the church of St. Donat at Bruges.

                                                                 Robert II of Scotland
 

1316 King Robert II of Scotland, the first Stewart King, was born.