<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Reading_(871)" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Reading (871)">Battle of Reading</a>: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelred_of_Wessex" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Æthelred of Wessex">Æthelred of Wessex</a> and his brother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alfred the Great">Alfred</a> are defeated by a Danish invasion army.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"auto"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-auto-2"}}' id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_4#cite_note-auto-2" id="mwHA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHQ">[2]</span></a></sup>