Event: Death/dyingAlfred 8.death

Scholarly Info
Description Alfred 8 passed away on [28 October], 40 years less one day before Æthelstan 18.
Year 899
Primary Source Info
Original Text ... forþferde ...
Date from Source 900 ABCD, 901 G: [28 October]

Notes:

*The date is implied by the context. *@Whitelock 1979, p. 220 n. 4, comments: 'Athelstan died in 939, reckoned 940 by writers who begin the year in September. Olaf's election followed soon after, in spite of "D"'s date. "A"'s date was originally 940.'

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