Template:Did you know nominations/Viking raid on Seville (844)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:17, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Viking raid on Seville (844)[edit]

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... that in 844, the a Viking fleet sacked Seville in Islamic Spain?
ALT1: ... that when the Vikings occupied Seville in 844, they unsuccessfully tried to burn the city's main mosque?

Reviewed: Gerardo González Valencia

Created/expanded by HaEr48 (talk). Self-nominated at 18:52, 16 April 2017 (UTC).

New enough (created by HaEr48 on 13 April 2017), long enough (5,854 characters "readable prose size"), fully referenced. Hook fine, verified by online source. ALT1 hook also fine. QPQ done. No copyvio detected. Good to go. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:55, 17 April 2017 (UTC)