1066

Years: 1063 1064 1065 - 1066 - 1067 1068 1069

Decades: 1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Scene from the Battle of Hastings as represented in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Events

*January 6 - Harold II is crowned King of England.
*September 20 - Battle of Fulford
*September 25 - Battle of Stamford Bridge
*September 28 - William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey.
*October 14 - Battle of Hastings
*December 25 - William of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror, is crowned King of England.

Deaths

*January 5 - King Edward the Confessor of England
*September 25 -Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
**Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
**King Harald III of Norway (b. 1015)
*October 14 - Killed at the Battle of Hastings:
**King Harold II of England
**Leofwine Godwinson and
**Gyrth Godwinson, brothers of King Harold
*November 10
**Bishop of Mecklenburg Johannes Skotus (b. approx. 990)- Sacrificed to Radegast

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