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The Briton and the Dane: Legacy - giveaway

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History Trivia

On July 27

1054 Siward, Earl of Northumbria invaded Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth was defeated at Dunsinane.

1170 Thomas Becket and King Henry II temporarily reconciled. Becket's six-year self-imposed exile from England was resolved when he met with Henry and King Louis VII of France at a conference in Freteval and settled on an uneasy truce. Becket made preparations to return to his See in Canterbury.

1214 King John lost Normandy and his other French possessions after being defeated by Philip II of France in the Battle of Bouvines. 

1360 Danish King Waldemar IV destroyed Visby Gotland (Sweden's largest island, which is also the largest island in the Baltic Sea).

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History Trivia

On July 26

796 Offa, king of Mercia died.  Many historians regard Offa as the most powerful Anglo-Saxon king before Alfred the Great.

811 Battle of Pliska:  Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was killed and his heir Stauracius was seriously wounded.

920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Leon against the Muslims at Pamplona.

1267 Inquisition formed in Rome under Pope Clement IV.

1309 Henry VII was recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.

1469  Wars of the Roses:  the Battle of Edgecote - Moor pitted the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those of Edward IV of England took place.

1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbeck's army landed in Cork.

1524 Scottish Parliament declared James V fit to govern.

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