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| 1066 |
| | On his death bed in Westminster, Edward the Confessor designates Harold - foremost among England's barons - as his successor | |
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| 1066 |
| | Edward the Confessor is buried in his new abbey church at Westminster, consecrated only the previous week | |
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| 1066 |
| | On the day of Edward's burial, Harold is crowned king - almost certainly in the same abbey church at Westminster | |
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| 1066 |
| | Harold defeats at Stamford Bridge the joint army of his brother Tostig and of the Norwegian king, Harald Hardraade | |
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| 1066 |
| | The Normans, as seen in the Bayeux tapestry, invade England in Viking longships with fortified platforms for archers | |
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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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| 1087 |
| | On the death of his father, William the Conqueror, William II becomes king of England | |
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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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