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9 matches to Mercia
Dutch West India Company. 1621-1794. Commercial and colonial interests in Africa, South America. Driven from Brazil, 1654, New York, 1667.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Lombards. Germanic people. 568 invaded Italy. 808 Jews formed banking system. 14C Commercial banks.
Luckner, Felix. 1886-1966. German naval officer. Attacked commercial vessels in WWII.
Mercia. 7C-877. Anglo-Saxon kingdom in central England. Conquered by Danes, Wessex.
Offa. 755-796. King of Mercia 757-. Founded St. Alban’s abbey. Dee Dyke vs Welsh 785. Introduced coinage. Treaty with Charlemagne. Began unification of England.
Pan-American Union. 1890-1948. Commercial, cultural exchanges.
Straisund, Treaty. 1370. Denmark makes commercial concessions to Hanseatic League.
Wessex. 495- Anglo-Saxon kingdom in south England. 829 +Mercia. 927 Conquered Danes to rule England. Ethelred. Alfred. Athelstan.