1060s in England
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Events from the 1060s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold Godwinson (to 14 October 1066), Edgar the Ætheling (to 10 December 1066), William I of England
[edit] Events
- 1060
- Dedication of Waltham Abbey.[1]
- Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey completed.[1]
- 1061
- King Malcolm III of Scotland raids Northumbria.[1]
- 1062
- Edwin becomes Earl of Mercia.[1]
- Saint Wulfstan consecrated as Bishop of Worcester.[1]
- Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex launches an invasion of Wales, raiding Rhuddlan.[1]
- 1063
- Harold captures Gwynedd.[2]
- Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn killed by his own men; English receive tribute from northern Wales, although the south remains independent.[1]
- 1064
- Harold Godwinson marries Edith, daughter of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia, and widow of Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
- Harold Godwinson is shipwrecked at Ponthieu, Normandy and taken captive by Count Guy.
- Harold pays homage to William, Duke of Normandy and helps him in an invasion of Brittany.[1]
- 1065
- 3 October - Northumbrian rebels capture York, outlaw Harold's brother, Tostig Godwinson, and choose Morcar of Northumbria as their new earl.[1]
- 28 December - Westminster Abbey consecrated.[3]
- Wilton Abbey consecrated.[1]
- 1066
- 5 January - King Edward the Confessor dies.[2]
- 6 January - Harold Godwinson chosen to be king over Edward's nephew Edgar Ætheling who was still a child.[2]
- Tostig Godwinson attempts to invade England, but is forced to return to Scotland.[1]
- 20 September - Battle of Fulford: Harald III of Norway invades England and defeats the English forces led by Morcar of Northumbria and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.[1]
- 25 September - Battle of Stamford Bridge: King Harold II of England defeats and kills both Harald III of Norway and Tostig.[2]
- 28 September - William, Duke of Normandy ("William the Conqueror") lands an invasion force near Pevensey. King Harold marches south to meet him.[2]
- 14 October
- Battle of Hastings: William defeats and kills Harold.[2]
- Edgar Ætheling proclaimed King by a Witenagemot in London; he submits to William some weeks later.[1]
- 25 December - Coronation of William I of England.[2]
- 1067
- December - William suppresses a revolt in Exeter, and constructs a castle there.[1]
- Edgar Ætheling flees to Scotland with his family.[1]
- Construction of Winchester Castle.
- 1068
- Morcar leads a revolt in Northumbria, but William defeats the rebels at York.[2]
- William orders the construction of new castles at Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and York.[1]
- 1069
- 28 January - Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl, and attack York.[1]
- King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the rebels, and burns York, destroying the old Minster.[1]
- At Stafford, William swiftly defeats a rebellion led by Edwin of Mercia.[1]
- Winter of 1069–1070 - Harrying of the North: William quells rebellions in the North of England.[4]
[edit] Births
- 1064
- Robert Fitz Richard, landowner (died 1136)
- 1068
- Henry I of England (died 1135)
[edit] Deaths
- 1066
- 5 January - King Edward the Confessor (born c. 1004)
- 25 September - Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (born c. 1026)
- 14 October (at the Battle of Hastings)
- Harold Godwinson (King Harold II) (born c. 1022)
- Leofwine Godwinson brother of King Harold (born c. 1035)
- Gyrth Godwinson brother of King Harold (born c. 1032)
- 1069
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 52-53. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 111–112. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Westminster Abbey website. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
- ^ British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-12-23.
