<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maldon" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Maldon">Battle of Maldon</a>: The English, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byrhtnoth" id="mwHg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byrhtnoth">Byrhtnoth</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealdorman" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ealdorman">Ealdorman</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Essex">Essex</a>, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vikings">Vikings</a> near <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldon,_Essex" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Maldon, Essex">Maldon, Essex</a>.