Major Events
- Jan 6 Harold II (Harold Godwinson) crowned King of England after the death of his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
- Mar 23 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- Apr 24 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed
- Sep 20 Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar
- Sep 25 Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed
- Sep 27 William the Conqueror's troops set sail from Normandy to conquer England
- Sep 28 William the Conqueror, then Duke of Normandy, lands at Pevensey Bay in Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England
- Oct 14 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II who is killed in the battle
- Dec 25 William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England
Edward the Confessor
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Henry IV