Timeline October 1016

Events in October 1016 3

• 1016 Cnut Besieges London Danish forces blockade the English capital during the war of conquest Cnut led Danish forces in repeated sieges of London as part of his campaign to conquer England. The city's defenders, backed by Edmund Ironside, repelled the attacks and forced Cnut to continue his campaign elsewhere in the kingdom. London held out under blockade for much of the year.
• 1016 Treaty of Olney Divides England Cnut and Edmund Ironside split the English kingdom between them Following the Danish victory at Ashingdon, Cnut and Edmund Ironside met at Olney and agreed to divide England, with Edmund retaining Wessex and Cnut taking the rest. The pact stipulated that the surviving king would inherit the other's territory upon death. Edmund's death weeks later left Cnut as sole ruler.
• 1016 Battle of Ashingdon Cnut crushes Edmund Ironside in the decisive battle of the English conquest Cnut's Danish army defeated Edmund Ironside's English forces at Ashingdon in Essex, a victory aided by the battlefield desertion of the English noble Eadric Streona. The defeat forced Edmund to negotiate a partition of England with Cnut. It marked the effective end of organized English resistance to the Danish conquest.