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Chatham Islands Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands island group, 373 sq mi (966 sq km), South Pacific, c.500 mi (800 km) E of New Zealand, to which it belongs. The two largest islands are Chatham Island, which has a large central lagoon, and Pitt Island. The chief town is Waitangi, on Chatham Island. The inhabitants engage mainly in... Read more
North Briton North Briton
North Briton was the satirical name John Wilkes gave to his weekly periodical, launched in June 1762 in opposition to Smollett's Briton, published in support of Bute's administration. It included severe attacks on the peace of Paris and general abuse of Scots. Issue no. 12 led to a duel between ... Read more
AElle AElle
Ælle (d. c.514), founder of the South Saxon kingdom, is said to have landed near Selsey Bill in 477, traditionally with three sons and three ships, driving the Britons back into Andredesweald, a great wood across south-eastern Britain. His next recorded battle, in 485, took place near an... Read more
Ulundi Ulundi
Ulundi [Zulu,=the high place], town (1991 pop. 11,102), cocapital (with the city of Pietermaritzburg ) of KwaZulu-Natal prov., SE South Africa. Situated on a hill overlooking the White Mfolozi River, the town possesses a modern administrative complex that is among the largest in the country. It is... Read more
battle of Brunanburh battle of Brunanburh
battle of Brunanburh , AD 937, a victory won by Athelstan , king of the English, over a coalition of Irish, Scots, and Britons (or Welsh) of Strathclyde. The site of the battle is not known. The battle is celebrated in a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bibliography: See translation by D.... Read more
Cornouaille Cornouaille
Cornouaille , district of Brittany, NW France, comprising parts of Finistère, Côtes-d'Armor, and Morbihan depts. The name was probably brought by Britons who fled Cornwall at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions (c.500).... Read more
Vortigern Vortigern
Vortigern , 5th cent., tribal king of Britons in Wales and S England. Tradition transmitted by Bede says that Vortigern invited the Germanic leaders Hengist and Horsa to Kent to help withstand the Picts and Scots. Later he quarreled and fought with Hengist and Horsa.... Read more
Ambrosius Aurelianus Ambrosius Aurelianus
Ambrosius Aurelianus, ‘the last of the Romans’, was a British leader who emerged during the twilight years of Roman Britain to resist the onslaught of invading Saxons. Ever since the Saxons (under Hengist and Horsa?) had established themselves in Kent in ad 455, other areas of southern... Read more
Saffron Walden Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden, England/UK Wealadene, Waledana, Saffornewalden Originally ‘Valley of the Britons’ from the Old English walh ‘Briton’ or ‘Welshmen’ and denu ‘valley’. The Middle English safron ‘Saffron’ was added later to... Read more
Battle of Biedcanford Battle of Biedcanford
Biedcanford, battle of, c.571. Though Biedcanford was clearly an important battle, it is difficult to identify. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle seems precise, attributing a victory over the Britons to Cutha, brother of Ceawlin of Wessex, who went on to take the towns of Lygeabyrig, Aeglesbyrig,... Read more

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