1060s in England

Events from the 1060s in England.

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

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]
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  • 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]

Births

• 1064
  • Robert Fitz Richard, landowner (died 1136)
• 1068
  • Henry I of England (died 1135)

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
  • 11 September - Aldred, Archbishop of York

References

Map of England in 1065 AD

See also