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1040s 1040s in England Events from the 1040s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch - Harold Harefoot , Harthacanute , Edward the Confessor-Events:* 1040** 17 March - Harold Harefoot dies....  | 1050s 1050s in England Events from the 1050s in England.-Events:* 1050** The Norman bishop Robert of Jumièges appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.** First Bishop of Exeter consecrated.** Sweyn Godwinson pardoned for murdering his cousin.* 1051...  | 1060s | 1070s 1070s in England Events from the 1070s in England.-Events:* 1070** Winter of 1069–1070 - Harrying of the North: William I of England quells rebellions in the North of England following an invasion by Sweyn II of Denmark...  | 1080s 1080s in England Events from the 1080s in England.-Incumbents:Monarch - William I of England , William II of England-Events:* 1080...

Incumbents

Events

• 1060
  • Dedication of Waltham Abbey
    Waltham Abbey (abbey)
    The Abbey Church of Waltham Abbey has been a place of worship since at least 1030, and is in the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. The Prime Meridian passes through its grounds. Harold Godwinson is said to be buried just outside the present abbey...
    
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  • Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey
    Westminster Abbey
    The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
    
     completed.
• 1061
  • King Malcolm III of Scotland
    Malcolm III of Scotland
    Máel Coluim mac Donnchada , was King of Scots...
    
     raids Northumbria
    Northumbria
    Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.Northumbria was...
    
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• 1062
  • Edwin
    Edwin, Earl of Mercia
    Edwin was the elder brother of Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, son of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia and grandson of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on Ælfgār's death in 1062...
    
     becomes Earl of Mercia
    Mercia
    Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. It was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands...
    
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  • Saint Wulfstan consecrated as Bishop of Worcester
    Bishop of Worcester
    The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...
    
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  • Harold Godwinson
    Harold Godwinson
    Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.It could be argued that Edgar the Atheling, who was proclaimed as king by the witan but never crowned, was really the last Anglo-Saxon king...
    
    , Earl of Wessex
    Earl of Wessex
    The title Earl of Wessex has been created twice in British history, once in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
    
     launches an invasion of Wales
    Wales
    Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
    
    , raiding Rhuddlan
    Rhuddlan
    Rhuddlan is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire , in north Wales. It is situated to the south of the coastal town of Rhyl and overlooks the River Clwyd. The town gave its name to the Welsh district of Rhuddlan from 1974 to 1996...
    
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• 1063
  • Harold captures Gwynedd
    Gwynedd
    Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
    
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  • Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
    Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
    Gruffydd ap Llywelyn was the ruler of all Wales from 1055 until his death, the only Welsh monarch able to make this boast...
    
     killed by his own men; English receive tribute from northern Wales
    Wales
    Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
    
    , although the south remains independent.
• 1064
  • Harold Godwinson marries Edith, daughter of Ælfgār
    Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
    Ælfgar was son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia,by his well-known wife Godgifu . He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057....
    
    , Earl of Mercia
    Earl of Mercia
    Earl of Mercia was a title in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Danish, and early Anglo-Norman period in England. During this period the earldom covered the lands of the old Kingdom of Mercia in the English Midlands....
    
    , and widow of Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
  • Harold Godwinson is shipwrecked at Ponthieu
    Ponthieu
    Ponthieu was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged together to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France. Its chief town is Abbeville.- History :...
    
    , Normandy
    Normandy
    Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
    
     and taken captive by Count Guy
    Guy I of Ponthieu
    Guy I of Ponthieu was born sometime in the mid to late 1020s. He was the son of Count Enguerrand II and the grandson of Hugh II.-Caught between William of Normandy and Henry I of France:...
    
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  • Harold pays homage
    Homage (medieval)
    Homage in the Middle Ages was the ceremony in which a feudal tenant or vassal pledged reverence and submission to his feudal lord, receiving in exchange the symbolic title to his new position . It was a symbolic acknowledgment to the lord that the vassal was, literally, his man . The oath known as...
    
     to William, Duke of Normandy
    William I of England
    William I , also known as William the Conqueror , was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II...
    
     and helps him in an invasion of Brittany
    Brittany
    Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
    
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• 1065poo
  • 3 October - Northumbrian rebels capture York
    York
    York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
    
    , outlaw Harold's brother, Tostig Godwinson
    Tostig Godwinson
    Tostig Godwinson was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson, the last crowned english King of England.-Early life:...
    
    , and choose Morcar of Northumbria
    Morcar of Northumbria
    Morcar was the son of Ælfgār and brother of Ēadwine. He was himself the earl of Northumbria from 1065 to 1066, when he was replaced by William the Conqueror with Copsi....
    
     as their new earl.
  • 28 December - Westminster Abbey
    Westminster Abbey
    The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
    
     consecrated.
  • Wilton Abbey
    Wilton Abbey
    Wilton Abbey was a Benedictine convent in Wiltshire, England, three miles from Salisbury on the site now occupied by Wilton House. A first foundation was made as a college of secular priests by Wulfstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire, about 773, but after his death was changed into a convent for twelve...
    
     consecrated.
• 1066
  • 5 January - King Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
    
     dies.
  • 6 January - Harold Godwinson chosen to be king over Edward's nephew Edgar Ætheling
    Edgar Ætheling
    Edgar Ætheling , or Edgar II, was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex...
    
     who was still a child.
  • Tostig Godwinson attempts to invade England, but is forced to return to Scotland
    Scotland
    Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
    
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  • 20 September - Battle of Fulford
    Battle of Fulford
    The Battle of Fulford took place at the village of Fulford, near York in England on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway - also known as Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's...
    
    : Harald III of Norway invades England and defeats the English forces led by Morcar of Northumbria and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.
  • 25 September - Battle of Stamford Bridge
    Battle of Stamford Bridge
    The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire in England on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada of Norway and the English king's brother Tostig...
    
    : King Harold II of England defeats and kills both Harald III of Norway and Tostig.
  • 28 September - William, Duke of Normandy ("William the Conqueror") lands an invasion force near Pevensey
    Pevensey
    Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located 5 miles north-east of Eastbourne, one mile inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish.-Geography:The village of Pevensey is located on...
    
    . King Harold marches south to meet him.
  • 14 October
    • Battle of Hastings
      Battle of Hastings
      The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II...
      
      : William defeats and kills Harold.
    • Edgar Ætheling proclaimed King by a Witenagemot
      Witenagemot
      The Witenagemot , also known as the Witan was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated from before the 7th century until the 11th century.The Witenagemot was an assembly of the ruling class whose primary function was to advise the king and whose membership was...
      
       in London
      London
      London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
      
      ; he submits to William some weeks later.
  • 25 December - Coronation of William I of England.
• 1067
  • December - William suppresses a revolt in Exeter
    Exeter
    Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...
    
    , and constructs a castle there.
  • Edgar Ætheling flees to Scotland with his family.
  • Construction of Winchester Castle
    Winchester Castle
    Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall exists now; it houses a museum of the history of Winchester.-Great Hall:...
    
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• 1068
  • Morcar leads a revolt in Northumbria, but William defeats the rebels at York
    York
    York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
    
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  • William orders the construction of new castles at Warwick
    Warwick
    Warwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
    
    , Nottingham
    Nottingham
    Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
    
    , Lincoln
    Lincoln, Lincolnshire
    Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
    
    , Huntingdon
    Huntingdon
    Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...
    
    , Cambridge, and York.
• 1069
  • 28 January - Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl, and attack York.
  • King Sweyn II of Denmark
    Sweyn II of Denmark
    Sweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson was the King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074. He was the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. He was married three times, and fathered 20 children or more, including the five future kings Harald III Hen, Canute IV the Saint, Oluf I Hunger, Eric I Evergood and Niels...
    
     lands a fleet in the Humber
    Humber
    The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...
    
     in support of the rebels, and burns York, destroying the old Minster
    York Minster
    York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by...
    
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  • At Stafford
    Stafford
    Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...
    
    , William swiftly defeats a rebellion led by Edwin of Mercia.
  • Winter of 1069–1070 - Harrying of the North
    Harrying of the North
    The Harrying of the North was a series of campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, and is part of the Norman conquest of England...
    
    : William quells rebellions in the North of England.

Births

• 1064
  • Robert Fitz Richard
    Robert Fitz Richard
    Robert Fitz Richard , titled Robert Fitz Richard, Lord of Little Dunmow, Baron of Baynard, was a Norman landowner in England. His estates near Little Dunmow are said to have been given to him after confiscation from Ralph Baynard, who had them earlier.He was steward under Henry I of England and ...
    
    , landowner (died 1136)
• 1068
  • Henry I of England
    Henry I of England
    Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
    
     (died 1135)

Deaths

• 1066
  • 5 January - King Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor
    Edward the Confessor also known as St. Edward the Confessor , son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066....
    
     (born c. 1004)
  • 25 September - Tostig Godwinson
    Tostig Godwinson
    Tostig Godwinson was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson, the last crowned english King of England.-Early life:...
    
    , Earl of Northumbria
    Earl of Northumbria
    Earl of Northumbria was a title in the Anglo-Danish, late Anglo-Saxon, and early Anglo-Norman period in England. The earldom of Northumbria was the successor of the ealdormanry of Bamburgh, itself the successor of an independent Bernicia. Under the Norse kingdom of York, there were earls of...
    
     (born c. 1026)
  • 14 October (at the Battle of Hastings
    Battle of Hastings
    The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II...
    
    )
    • Harold Godwinson
      Harold Godwinson
      Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.It could be argued that Edgar the Atheling, who was proclaimed as king by the witan but never crowned, was really the last Anglo-Saxon king...
      
       (King Harold II) (born c. 1022)
    • Leofwine Godwinson
      Leofwine Godwinson
      Leofwine Godwinson was a younger brother of Harold II of England, the fifth son of Earl Godwin.When the Godwin family was exiled from England in 1051 he went with Harold to Ireland...
      
       brother of King Harold (born c. 1035)
    • Gyrth Godwinson
      Gyrth Godwinson
      Gyrth Godwinson was the fourth son of Earl Godwin, and thus a younger brother of Harold II of England. He went with his eldest brother Swegen into exile to Flanders in 1051, but unlike Swegen he was able to return with the rest of the clan the following year...
      
       brother of King Harold (born c. 1032)
• 1069
  • 11 September - Aldred
    Aldred
    Ealdred was Abbot of Tavistock, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics of the period. After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester, he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027. In 1046 he was named...
    
    , Archbishop of York
    Archbishop of York
    The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...