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The first major battle of the English Civil War was fought 23 October 1642
11 May, 878
Battle of Eddington
King Alfred of Wessex, later to become known as Alfred the Great, defeated a Danish force led by Guthrum, at Eddington, in Wiltshire. Alfred was aided by men from Somerset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. According to peace terms drawn up at Wedmore, Guthrum agreed to be baptised and withdraw his forces to the East, forming The Danelaw, where Danish rule held sway, while Alfred controlled the west of England.
This king married Elizabeth of York, uniting the houses of York and Lancaster, and ending the Wars of the Roses