Historical Events In 1066

Jan 05   Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies.   

Jan 06   King Harald of England crowned.   

Feb 28   Westminster Abbey opens   

Mar 23   18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.   

Sep 20   Battle at Fulford: King of Norway, Harald III Hardrada defeats British militia   

Sep 25   Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway (1047-66), dies in battle at 51   

Sep 25   The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon era   

Sep 27   William the Conqueror troops set sail for England.   

Sep 28   William the Conqueror has landed at Pevensey.   

Sep 28   William the Conqueror invade England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex.   

Oct 14   Battle of Hastings   

Oct 14   Harold II, King of England (1066), dies   

Oct 14   In this year, Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror claims England.   

Oct 14   The Battle of Hastings seals the Norman conquest of England by Norsemen under William, 39, duke of Normandy, who will be called William the Conqueror and will rule England as William I until his death in 1087.   

Dec 25   Harold II is killed in the Battle of Hastings, and William is crowned December 25   

Dec 25   William the Conqueror's coronation, held at Westminster Abbey.   

Dec 25   William the Conqueror, crowned king of England.   

Jan 05   Edward de belijder: The confessor, king of england (1043-66),   

Sep 25   Harald iii hardrada: King of norway (1047-66),   

Oct 14   Harold ii: King of england (1066),