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The term invasion of England may refer to the following planned or actual invasions of what is now modern England, successful or otherwise.

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Invasion of England

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The term invasion of England may refer to the following planned or actual invasions of what is now modern England, successful or otherwise. The 55 and...

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Norman Conquest

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11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy...

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Viking Age

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in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and other places in Europe for being brutal. Many theories are posited for the cause of the Viking invasions; the...

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Scottish invasions of England

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Scottish invasions of England occurred several times over a period of centuries. This is a list of notable invasions. 1061–1091 - Scottish invasions of England...

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William the Conqueror

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threatened invasions of England by the Danes. In 1086, he ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all of the land-holdings in England along...

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Roman conquest of Britain

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Following Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain in 54 BC, some southern British chiefdoms had become allies of the Romans. The exile of their ally Verica gave...

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Harald Hardrada

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The Varangians of Byzantium. Cambridge University. ISBN 978-0-521-21745-3. DeVries, Kelly (1999). The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066. Boydell...

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William III of England

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English politicians began to urge an armed invasion of England. William at first opposed the prospect of invasion, but most historians now agree that he began...

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Viking activity in the British Isles

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Harthacnut ascended the English throne. Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, led an invasion of England in 1066 with 300 longships and 10,000 soldiers, attempting...

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Invasions of the British Isles

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Invasions of the British Isles have occurred throughout history. Various sovereign states within the territorial space that constitutes the British Isles...

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Spanish Armada

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English Channel, join with the Duke of Parma in Flanders, and escort an invasion force that would land in England and overthrow Elizabeth I. Its purpose...

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List of invasions

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of Cyprus 1415 invasion of France by the Kingdom of England. Turkoman invasions of Georgia 1407–1502 1407 invasion of Vietnam by China 1403 invasion of...

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Invasion

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An invasion is a military offensive of combatants of one geopolitical entity, usually in large numbers, entering territory controlled by another similar...

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Invasion literature

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account of a German invasion of England, which, in the Western world, aroused the national imaginations and anxieties about hypothetical invasions by foreign...

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Kingdom of England

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immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed in Sussex on 28 September 1066. Harold and his army were...

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Cnut

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that Cnut was "of no great age" when he first went to war. It also mentions a battle identifiable with Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England and attack on...

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Operation Sea Lion

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for their planned invasion of the United Kingdom. It was to take place during the Battle of Britain, nine months after the start of the Second World War...

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Sweyn Forkbeard

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in a full-scale invasion of England. The medieval Peterborough Chronicle (part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) states: before the month of August came king...

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Glorious Revolution

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persisted into the late 18th century. William's invasion was the last successful invasion of England. Despite his own Catholicism, for various reasons...

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Henry I of England

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the Duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the king of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales. The invasion had created...

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Great Heathen Army

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fairly common during that period of time. The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, on the other hand, mentions that the invasion of England by the Great Heathen Army was...

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Isabella of France

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own bid for power and an invasion of England. Edward was an unusual character by medieval standards. Edward looked the part of a Plantagenet king: he was...

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