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Anglo Saxon Dates Flashcards

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1040

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Harthacnut of England made a treaty with Magnus 1 of Norway, stating that they will inherit each other’s thrones

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1051

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William of Normandy visits England where he claims that Edward pledged him the English throne upon his death

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1064

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Godwinson shipwrecked off the coast of Normandy
William orders Harold be brought to him
They fight at the battle of Rouen
After Harold swears an oath to support Williams claim to the throne

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3rd October 1065

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People of Northumbria rebelled against Tostig
Harold sent to deal with the situation
He sides with the people and sends Tostig (his brother) into exile
Tostig was furious and vowed revenge

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28th October 1065

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Godwinson tells the King about what happened in Northumbria
Agreed Tostig would be sent into exile
Morcar was to replace him as Earl of Northumbria

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5th January 1066

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King Edward the Confessor dies with no heir

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6th January 1066

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Witan meat to discuss claimants
Aethling too young
William’s and Harald’s claims are dismissed
Harold is crowned later that day

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March 1066

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Halley’s comet appears in the sky

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Spring 1066

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Harold anticipated a challenge to his throne from William so Harold stationed militia along the south coast and isle of wight

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Summer 1066

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Tostig contacts Harald in Norway and says he will offer his support for Harald’s claim to the English throne

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August 1066

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William postponed sailing across the channel
Could be due to unfavorable wind direction
He might be hoping some of Harold’s men will go home for the harvest season

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8th September 1066 South England

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Food supplies and morale are low so Harold sends his troops home

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8th September 1066 North England

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Hardrada, the Norwegian king, and Tostig invade England
They had crossed the north sea from Norway and landed at the mouth of the river Tyne
Hardrada and his men started raiding villages in the north

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20th September 1066

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Battle of Gate Fulford
Earl Morcar and Earl Mercia call up their reserves
Meet Hardrada and Tostig at Fulford
The English are easily defeated and flee

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25th September 1066

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Battle of Stamford Bridge
English defeat the Norwegians
Hardrada and Tostig were both killed

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28th September 1066

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William lands at Pevensey on the South coast of England

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1st October 1066

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Harold learned of the Norman Invasion so made plans to return South

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6th October 1066

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Harold and his Saxon army reached London

Harold issued a call for men to join his cause

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10th October 1066

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Suggested that Harold should remain in London but instead, he decides to tell everyone to get ready to leave instead of letting his brother Gyrth lead the Army into battle

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11th October 1066

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Harold and the Saxon Army leave London and begin the march south

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13th October 1066

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By evening Harold and his men had reached Caldbec Hill on the South of England

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14th October 1066

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Battle of Hastings

William wins and Harold, plus many other nobles, die

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15th October 1066

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Witan declared Edgar the Aethling King of England

William returns to his camp and England expecting the nobles to submit to him

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20th October 1066

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William realized that the English Nobles weren’t to submit to him so left Hastings bound for Dover

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November 1066

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William reaches dover
Takes control of the fort stationed on the hill
Orders a new castle to be built
Then William takes control of Canterbury

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December 1066

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William marched on London

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10th December 1066

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Edgar Aetheling and the English nobility submitted to William

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25th December 1066

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William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey

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January 1067

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Earls Edwin and Morcar submit to William
William begins to distribute English land to those Norman nobles who had come from Normandy with him and fought at the Battle of Hastings

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March 1067

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William returned to Normandy
He took Edgar Aetheling, Edwin, Morcar and other prominent English Nobles
Odo of Bayeux and William FitzOsbern were left as reagents of England

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December 1067

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William returned to England

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Summer 1068

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Earls Edwin and Morcar rebel against William, but it ends before it starts
William begins a program of castle building to stamp Norman authority on England
Places included Warwick, York, Nottingham, Huntington, Lincoln and Cambridge

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Spring 1069

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Edgar the Aetheling attempted to take York but was unsuccessful

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Early Autumn 1069

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Edgar the Aethling joins forces with Sweyn of Denmark, together they attack and take York

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Late Autumn 1069

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William marched north to deal with Edgar
He paid off the Danes and defeated the Saxon rebels
He carried out the harrying of the north

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December 1069

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William holds Christmas amid the burnt-out ruins of York

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1070 Religion

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Lanfrance is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

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1070 Rebels

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Hereward the Wake and the rebellion at the Isle of Ely

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1071 Isle of Ely

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Morcar was captured but Hereward escaped from the Isle of Ely

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1071 Rebels

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Earl Edwin launched another revolt against the Normans but was betrayed by his own men and killed

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1073

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With England relatively secure William returned to Normandy to deal with problems there

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31 May 1076

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Revolt of the Earls ends with the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

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1075

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Revolt of the Earls

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1077

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Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the battle of Hastings is complete

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1078

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Work begins to convert the tower of London into a stone castle

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Christmas day 1085

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Start of Domesday book

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1086

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Domesday book is completed

48
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1087

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King William I dies

GCSE Edexcel History 9-1 (45 decks)

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