Recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (under 789, corrected to ~793), this is traditionally considered the first Viking attack on England. Three ships of Northmen landed at Portland, Dorset; the royal reeve Beaduheard rode to collect duties, as if they were merchants, and was killed. The incident foreshadowed two centuries of Norse raiding that would fundamentally reshape England.
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