Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard led a fleet of 94 ships against London in 994. The city successfully repelled the attack — the Londoners gave them 'more harm and evil than they ever thought any town-dwellers could do to them' according to the Chronicle. The Danes then ravaged the surrounding counties. The payment of 16,000 pounds Danegeld and the baptism of Olaf, with Ethelred as godfather, ended the immediate threat.
Danes (94 ships): c. 3,000–5,000. London garrison: c. 500–1,500.
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