* 991 – Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.

The following is a famous example, taken from The Battle of Maldon:

In 991, the Battle of Maldon between Viking raiders and the inhabitants of the town of Maldon in Essex, England was commemorated with a poem of the same name.

* Battle of Maldon: The Anglo-Saxons are defeated by Viking invaders led by Olaf Tryggvason, later Olaf I of Norway.

The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 August 991 near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Aethelred the Unready.

An account of the battle, embellished with many speeches attributed to the warriors and with other details, is related in an Old English poem which is usually named The Battle of Maldon.

' The Battle of Maldon ' is the name conventionally given to a surviving 325-line fragment of Old English poetry.

In the Cotton library, the " Battle of Maldon " text had been in Otho A xii.

It is written in the form of an alliterative poem, but is also a play, being mainly a dialogue between two characters in the aftermath of the Battle of Maldon.

Johansen's short story " Anno Domini Nine Hundred and Ninety-One ", in the collection The Storyteller and Other Tales is a retelling of the Battle of Maldon.

* In one episode of the science fiction novel Perelandra by C. S. Lewis, the protagonist ( a philologist from Cambridge transported to the planet Venus ) finds himself " shouting a line out of ' The Battle of Maldon '" as he fights the Un-Man, a demon-possessed scientist.

* The Swedish bestselling historical novel The Long Ships ( Red Orm ) includes a long fictionalised account of the Battle of Maldon, described from the Scandinavian side.

* The United Kingdom black metal band Winterfylleth has two songs in their album The Ghost of Heritage ( 2008 ) that remembers Maldon Battle ( track 2: " The March to Maldon " ( 03: 46 ) and track 3: " Brithnoth: The Battle of Maldon ( 991 AD )")

* The Norwegian / German symphonic metal band Leaves ' Eyes has a song called The Battle of Maldon on their 2009 EP, My Destiny.

E. V. Gordon, The Battle of Maldon ( London, 1968 ) p 38

* Modern English text of The Battle of Maldon poem, trans.

by Wilfred Berridge from the Battle of Maldon. org. uk website

* Illustrated article on the Battle of Monte Cassino at Battlefields Europe

* Illustrated article on the Battle of Monte Cassino at Battlefields Europe

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* Article on the Battle of Sedan at ' Battlefields Europe '

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* Illustrated article on the Battle of Valmy at ' Battlefields Europe '

* Illustrated article about the Battle of Valmy at ' Battlefields Europe '

* Illustrated article on the Battle of Anzio at Battlefields Europe

* Battle of Nantwich on the Battlefields Trust website

* Article on the Battle of Woerth at ' Battlefields Europe '

* The Battle of Boroughbridge at The Battlefields Trust.

* The Battle of Boroughbridge at The Battlefields Trust.

* Article on the Battle of Sedan at ' Battlefields Europe '

* Battle of Pinkie entry in the Scottish Government Inventory of Historic Battlefields

* Battle of Neville's Cross from the Battlefields Trust website

* UK Battlefields Resource Centre: Battle of Neville's Cross 17 October 1346

* Illustrated Article on the Battle of the Yser at ' Battlefields Europe '

* Battle of Aberdeen II from the Battlefields Trust website

* Battlefields Trust, Battle of Adwalton Moor 30 June 1643

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The Battle Mountain Sanitarium was declared a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation following a December 2011 proposal announced by the Department of Veterans Affairs to close the facility, which was also met with protest from the community & state leaders, including Senator Tim Johnson, Senator John Thune, and Representative Kristi Noem.

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Cannonballs from the Battle of Germantown were embedded in its walls until 1972, when Chew ’ s descendants donated the house to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

He is President of the British International Spa Association, a Trustee of the Clan Sinclair Trust, as well as being Patron of the Bluebell Railway 50th Anniversary Appeal in which capacity, on 24 April 2009, at the railway's Horsted Keynes station his lordship carried out the ceremonial renaming of the Battle of Britain class locomotive named after his grandfather, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air during that battle.

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The plans were put on hold in 2009 as a result of the economic climate in Britain, although in 2010 it was agreed that the museum would go ahead and be run by the Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust, with support from the charity The Prince's Regeneration Trust.

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* The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust

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