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  Britain 1066-1500 timeline
     
1066
 
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On his death bed in Westminster, Edward the Confessor designates Harold - foremost among England's barons - as his successor       
1066
 
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Edward the Confessor is buried in his new abbey church at Westminster, consecrated only the previous week       
1066
 
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On the day of Edward's burial, Harold is crowned king - almost certainly in the same abbey church at Westminster       
1066
 
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Halley's comet, appearing in the Normans' annus mirabilis, is later depicted in the Bayeux tapestry        
1066
 
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Harold defeats at Stamford Bridge the joint army of his brother Tostig and of the Norwegian king, Harald Hardraade        
1066
 
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The Normans, as seen in the Bayeux tapestry, invade England in Viking longships with fortified platforms for archers