1930 Birthday Robin Buchanan, CEO, NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth 1924 Birthday Malcolm Anson, CEO, Wessex Water Authority 946 Death Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies 899 Death Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies 871 Death Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies 871 Event Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army 871 Event Battle at Basing: Danish invasion army beats Ethelred of Wessex 871 Event Battle at Ashdown: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 871 Event Battle at Reading: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 870 Event Skirmish at Englefield: Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army 858 Death Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
