1000s in England

Events from the 1000s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Ethelred the Unready

1000
- English fleet invades the Isle of Man.^[1]
- English invasion of Cumbria fails.^[1]
- Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed.^[1]
1001
- First Battle of Alton against Danish raiders.
- Edward the Martyr canonised.
1002
- £24,000 of Danegeld paid to the Danes in return for them leaving England.^[1]
- King Ethelred the Unready marries Emma of Normandy.^[1]
- 13 November - St. Brice's Day massacre: Ethelred orders the deaths of leading Danes in England.^[2]
1003
- King Sweyn I of Denmark invades England in retaliation for the St. Brice's Day Massacre.^[2]
1004
- Danes raid Devon and East Anglia.^[1]
1005
- Continued Danish raids on southern England.^[1]
1006
- Danes raid south-eastern England from the Isle of Wight to Reading.^[1]
- Alphege enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Danish forces spend the winter at Wallingford.^[1]
1007
- £36,000 of Danegeld paid.^[1]
1008
- Ethelred and Archbishop Wulfstan II of York pass laws for the protection of Christianity in England.^[1]
1009
- New English fleet constructed.^[1]
- 1 August - Danes occupy Sandwich, Kent, attack London, and burn Oxford.^[1]

^ ^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. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

Years in the Kingdom of England (927–1706)

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