Event Cnut the Great's conquest of England

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Was the succesful Danish invasion of the Kingdom of England by Cnut the Great.

Chronology

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  • April 1016: Early in 1016, the Viking forces led by King Cnut of Denmark crossed the Thames and raided Warwickshire as part of their campaign to conquer England.
  • April 1016: The mid-winter assault by Cnut of Denmark devastated its way northwards across eastern Mercia.
  • September 1015: Early in September 1015 Danish King sailed around Kent to Wessex, until he came to the mouth of the Frome, and harried in Dorset and Wiltshire and Somerset.
  • May 1016: In 1016, King Cnut of Denmark encircled the city of London.
  • April 1017: The West Saxons accepted Cnut as king of all of England, and he was crowned by Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury, in London.
  • April 1016: Western Mercia conquered by Kingdom of England.