4th of January 871 - Ætelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred were defeated by a Danish invasion army.
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People often gloss over that the #GloriousRevolution of 1689 began with, in essence, a #CoupDÉtat and invasion of #Dutch forces under the future #KingWilliam. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1688 they defeated the #Jacobites in the #BattleOfReading, forcing #JamesII to flee to France.