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Group: Later Liang, Di kingdom of
People: Gian Giacomo Trivulzio
Topic: Hjörungavágr, Battle of
Location: Cannae Puglia Italy

Hjörungavágr, Battle of

Years: 986 - 986

The Battle of Hjörungavágr is a semi-legendary naval battle that takes place in the late 10th century between the Jarls of Lade and a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings.

This battle plays an important role in the struggle by Haakon Sigurdsson to unite his rule over Norway

"History never repeats itself, but the Kaleidoscopic combinations of the pictured present often seem to be constructed out of the broken fragments of antique legends."

― Mark Twain, The Gilded Age (1874)