Anglo Saxon Dates Flashcards
1040
Harthacnut of England made a treaty with Magnus 1 of Norway, stating that they will inherit each other’s thrones
1051
William of Normandy visits England where he claims that Edward pledged him the English throne upon his death
1064
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
3rd October 1065
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
28th October 1065
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
5th January 1066
King Edward the Confessor dies with no heir
6th January 1066
Witan meat to discuss claimants
Aethling too young
William’s and Harald’s claims are dismissed
Harold is crowned later that day
March 1066
Halley’s comet appears in the sky
Spring 1066
Harold anticipated a challenge to his throne from William so Harold stationed militia along the south coast and isle of wight
Summer 1066
Tostig contacts Harald in Norway and says he will offer his support for Harald’s claim to the English throne
August 1066
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
8th September 1066 South England
Food supplies and morale are low so Harold sends his troops home
8th September 1066 North England
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
20th September 1066
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
25th September 1066
Battle of Stamford Bridge
English defeat the Norwegians
Hardrada and Tostig were both killed
28th September 1066
William lands at Pevensey on the South coast of England
1st October 1066
Harold learned of the Norman Invasion so made plans to return South
6th October 1066
Harold and his Saxon army reached London
Harold issued a call for men to join his cause
10th October 1066
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
11th October 1066
Harold and the Saxon Army leave London and begin the march south
13th October 1066
By evening Harold and his men had reached Caldbec Hill on the South of England
14th October 1066
Battle of Hastings
William wins and Harold, plus many other nobles, die
15th October 1066
Witan declared Edgar the Aethling King of England
William returns to his camp and England expecting the nobles to submit to him
20th October 1066
William realized that the English Nobles weren’t to submit to him so left Hastings bound for Dover
November 1066
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
December 1066
William marched on London
10th December 1066
Edgar Aetheling and the English nobility submitted to William
25th December 1066
William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
January 1067
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
March 1067
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
December 1067
William returned to England
Summer 1068
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
Spring 1069
Edgar the Aetheling attempted to take York but was unsuccessful
Early Autumn 1069
Edgar the Aethling joins forces with Sweyn of Denmark, together they attack and take York
Late Autumn 1069
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
December 1069
William holds Christmas amid the burnt-out ruins of York
1070 Religion
Lanfrance is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1070 Rebels
Hereward the Wake and the rebellion at the Isle of Ely
1071 Isle of Ely
Morcar was captured but Hereward escaped from the Isle of Ely
1071 Rebels
Earl Edwin launched another revolt against the Normans but was betrayed by his own men and killed
1073
With England relatively secure William returned to Normandy to deal with problems there
31 May 1076
Revolt of the Earls ends with the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
1075
Revolt of the Earls
1077
Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the battle of Hastings is complete
1078
Work begins to convert the tower of London into a stone castle
Christmas day 1085
Start of Domesday book
1086
Domesday book is completed
1087
King William I dies
