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Brentford, Battle of

Years: 1016 - 1016

The Battle of Brentford (1016) is fought in 1016 some time between May 9 (the approximate date Canute landed at Greenwich) and October 18 (the date of the later Battle of Ashingdon) between the English led by Edmund Ironside and the Danes led by Canute.

It is one of a series of battles fought between Edmund and Canute, ultimately resulting in the lands held by Edmund's father Æthelred the Unready being divided between the two.

Edmund is victorious in this particular battle, but ultimately fails to defend the lands inherited from his father.

"[the character] Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know history, you didn't know anything. You were a leaf that didn't know it was part of a tree."

― Michael Crichton, Timeline (November 1999)