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865. Æthelberht of Wessex dies
Æthelred, Æthelberht's brother, succeeds to Wessex
c.865-75. Burgred of Mercia's "Lunette" coinage, also adopted by Wessex
865/6. Viking "Great Heathen Army" lands in East Anglia, and spends winter there
East Anglians "make peace" with the army
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