Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the Danelaw and is proclaimed king of England.

Swein Forkbeard was King of Denmark from c. 986 and briefly King of England from December 1013. He was also overlord of Norway c. 986 – c. 994 and from c. 1000. He married the sister of Boleslaw, ruler of Poland, and had three known children by her: King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut of England,…