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| 1066 |
| | | Harold, hurrying south to confront the Normans after his victory at Stamford Bridge, is defeated and killed at Hastings | |
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| 1066 |
| | | William the Conqueror (William I) is crowned on Christmas Day at Westminster - giving the new abbey church two coronations and a royal funeral in its first year | |
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| c. 1080 |
| | | Work begins on the story of the Norman conquest, narrated in embroidery in the Bayeux tapestry | |
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| c. 1080 |
| | | Norman earls are given territories on the marches of Wales, with the specific task of raiding their neighbours | |
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| 1087 |
| | | On the death of his father, William the Conqueror, William II becomes king of England | |
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| 1087 |
| | | The Domesday Book provides the Normans with an inventory of England | |
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| 1093 |
| | | Work begins on a new cathedral in Durham, which will become an outstanding example of Norman (or Romanesque) architecture | |
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| 1100 |
| | | On the death of his brother, William II, Henry I becomes king of England | |
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| 1120 |
| | | The White Ship strikes a rock off the Cherbourg peninsula drowning William the Aetheling, heir to the English throne | |
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| 1135 |
| | | On the death of Henry I, his nephew Stephen moves quickly to keep Henry's daughter Matilda off the English throne | |
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