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St Brice's Day massacre
1002 mass killing of Danes in England
St Brice's Day massacre
The St Brice's Day massacre was a mass killing of Danes within England on 13 November 1002, on the order of King Æthelred the Unready of England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle relates that the massacre was carried out in response to an accusation that the Danes would "beshrew [Æthelred] of his life, and afterwards all his council, and then have his kingdom without any resistance". Æthelred thus ordered the killing of many Danes within his territory. Some historians think that the invasions of England by the Danish king, Swein Forkbeard, over the following years were in retaliation for the massacre. The skeletons of 37 young men and juveniles, found during an excavation at St John's College, Oxford, in 2008 were presumed to be victims of the massacre.
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