1080s in England
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Events from the 1080s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - William I of England (to 9 September 1087), William II of England
[edit] Events
- 1080
- King William I of England sends his half-brother Odo of Bayeux to pacify Northumbria following the killing of William Walcher, Bishop of Durham.[1]
- Autumn - William's son Robert Curthose sent to invade Scotland; reaches as far as Falkirk.[1]
- Robert Curthose builds a castle on the River Tyne; now Newcastle upon Tyne.[2]
- Gundulf of Rochester begins building of Rochester Cathedral.[3]
- William I refuses to accept Pope Gregory VII as his overlord.[2]
- 1081
- William campaigns in Wales, reaching as far as St David's.[2]
- Construction of Ely Cathedral begins.[2]
- 1082
- Odo of Bayeaux arrested, and forfeits his Earldom and estates.[2]
- Bayeaux Tapestry completed.[2]
- 1083
- 1084
- Construction of Worcester Cathedral begins.[2]
- 1085
- Threatened invasion from Denmark aborted after a rebellion there.[2]
- 25 December - William commissions the Domesday Book.[1]
- 1086
- 1087
- 9 September - William I dies; his first son Robert succeeds him as Robert II, Duke of Normandy whilst his second son succeeds him on the English throne as William II of England.[1]
- 26 September - Coronation of William II.[1]
- 25 December - Odo of Bayeaux re-instated as Earl of Kent.[2]
- A fire in London destroys St Paul's Cathedral.[5]
- 1088
- April - Odo of Bayeaux leads rhe Rebellion of 1088 against his nephew William II.[1]
- July - William defeats the rebels, and exiles Odo to Normandy.[2]
- Construction of the White Tower of the Tower of London completed.[2]
- 1089
- May - See of Canterbury left vacant after the death of Lanfranc.[2]
- Construction begins on Gloucester Cathedral and Tewkesbury Abbey.[2]
[edit] Births
- 1080
- Adelard of Bath, scholar (died c. 1152)
- Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain (died 1141)
- Henry of Huntingdon, historian (died 1160)
- 1083
- Gilbert of Sempringham, founde of the Gilbertine Order (died c. 1190)
[edit] Deaths
- 1080
- 1083
- 2 November - Matilda of Flanders, wife of King William I of England (born c. 1031, France)
- 1087
- 9 September - William I of England (born c. 1028, Normandy)
- 1088
- 1089
- 24 May - Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (born c. 1005, Lombardy)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 113–114. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 55-56. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Rochester Cathedral website. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Time traveller's guide to Medieval Britain. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ The London Encyclopaedia, Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, Macmillan, 1995, ISBN 0-333-57688-8, 287
