The siege of Dumbarton was a successful four-month siege of the Brittonic fortress at Dumbarton Rock in 870, initiated by the Viking leaders Amlaíb, King...
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volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet (73 m) high and overlooks the Scottish town of Dumbarton. Dumbarton Rock was formed...
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Dumbarton (/dʌmˈbɑːrtən/; Scots: Dumbairton, Dumbartoun or Dumbertan; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Breatann [t̪um ˈpɾʲɛht̪ən̪ˠ] or Dùn Breatainn [t̪um ˈpɾʲɛht̪ɪɲ]...
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Ímar (category 9th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles)
that Dumbarton Rock, the chief fortress of the kingdom of Strathclyde, was successfully captured by Ímar and Amlaíb following a four-month-long siege. Ímar...
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follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) this siege is semi or entirely mythical. Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764...
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list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway. List of wars involving Denmark List of wars involving Finland List of wars involving Iceland List of wars...
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Marian civil war (category Civil wars of the Early Modern period)
Castle, and Drury attempted a siege of Dumbarton Castle. For Elizabeth's foreign policy this intervention had the effect of making France and Spain less...
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effort by Óengus and Eadberht in 756. The Picts and Northumbrians laid siege to Dumbarton Rock, and extracted a submission from Dumnagual. It is doubtful whether...
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River Clyde (redirect from Pollution of the River Clyde)
(Renfrew). The fortress of Altclut fell in the Siege of Dumbarton of 870 AD, when a force of Norse-Irish raiders from the Kingdom of Dublin sacked it. After...
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859) Battle of York (867) Siege of Dumbarton (870) Battle of Basing (871) Battle of Meretun (871) Battle of Hakadal (ca. 860) Battle of Orkdal (ca. 870)...
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