1040s in England
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Events from the 1040s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Harold Harefoot (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (to 8 June 1042), Edward the Confessor
[edit] Events
- 1040
- 17 March - Harold Harefoot dies.[1]
- June - Harthacanute lands at Sandwich, Kent, and becomes King of England.[2]
- 1041
- Rebellion in Worcester against Harthacanute's naval taxes.
- Edward the Confessor returns from exile to become the heir of Harthacanute.[2]
- 1042
- 8 June - Harthacanute dies and is succeeded by Edward the Confessor as King.[1]
- Encomium Emmae, a biography of Queen Emma of Normandy completed.[2]
- 1043
- 3 April - Coronation of Edward the Confessor at Winchester Cathedral.[1]
- 16 November - Queen Emma accused of treason and her ally Stigand, Bishop of East Anglia dismissed.[2]
- Earl Leofric of Mercia founds Coventry Abbey; according to legend, his wife Godiva rides naked through the town in protest at taxes to fund the abbey.[2]
- 1044
- King Edward pardons Emma and Stigand.[2]
- 1045
- Marriage of King Edward and Edith of Wessex.[2]
- 1046
- Earl Sweyn Godwinson is exiled after kidnapping the Abbess of Leominster during an invasion of south Wales.[2]
- Exeter Book of poetry completed.[2]
- 1047
- 1048
- Last viking raid on England; unsuccessful raiders flee to Flanders.[2]
- King Edward goes to war against Flanders, blockading the English Channel with a fleet based at Sandwich.[2]
- 1049
- Sweyn Godwinson returns from exile, murders his cousin, and is exiled again.[2]
[edit] Births
- Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile
- 1045
- Saint Margaret of Scotland daughter of Edgar Ætheling (died 1093)
[edit] Deaths
- 1040
- 17 March - King Harold Harefoot (born c. 1015)
- 1042
- 8 June - King Harthacanute (born 1018)
