Where did one of the first and most famous Viking attacks take place?
Where did one of the first and most famous Viking attacks take place? In 793 came the first recorded Viking raid, where 'on the Ides of June the harrying of the heathen destroyed God's church on Lindisfarne, bringing ruin and slaughter' (The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
Who defeated the Vikings?
At the battle of Ashdown in 871, Alfred routed the Viking army in a fiercely fought uphill assault.