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King Æthelstan founded England in the year 927. Why don’t we celebrate that anniversary? | Tom Holland
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Nearly 1,100 years ago, the nation’s first king drove out the ‘heathen’ Vikings, declared war on starvation and made ‘Englalonde’ what it is today On 4 July, the United States celebrated its 250th birthday with all the razzmatazz and dazzle characteristic of an American public occasion. Next summer, on 12…
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