Monday, August 5, 2013

History Trivia - Penda of Mercia defeats Oswald of Bernicia

August 5

135 Betar, the last outpost of Bar Kochba, fell to Rome. Bar Kochba was a messianic Jewish leader who established an independent Jewish state of Israel, which he ruled for three years. The state was conquered by the Romans in 135 following a bloody two-year war.

 642 – Battle of Maserfield – Penda of Mercia defeated and killed Oswald of Bernicia (Northumbria).

910 The last major Danish army to raid England was defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.

1100 Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he was put on trial and executed.

1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish was fought between the Scots and the English in Northern England; the Scots were victorious.

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