955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeated
the Magyars (Hungarians), ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
991
Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, were
defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex.
1316 The
Second Battle of Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland marked the definitive end of the power of the Ua Conchobair
(O'Connor's) as Kings of Connacht. The decades following marked the high point
of Norman rule in Connacht, and the rise of the towns of Athenry and Galway as
centers of economic and political power and wealth. Unlike the First Battle of
Athenry in 1249, no account is given of the battle itself in any surviving
account, and even the site of the battle itself is uncertain.
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