20 November 869 AD was the day King Edmund of East Anglia was killed by Danish invaders. He became the patron saint of England.
Ironically, St Edmund was replaced by St George in the fourteenth century, mainly because Edward III wanted to be more involved with Europe (two centuries earlier, Richard I had been one of many Europeans uniting around St George as they defended Europe).
That is ironic because modern English nationalists are rather fond of the flag of St George (this is the Irony Age).
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