The Norman Conquest 1066-1100

• 1016: Edward and his brother fled to live in Normandy.
• November 1066: Edwin and Morcar refused

  William entrance to London .
• 1016 


  Sveinn Forkbeard successfully conquered England.
• 1051: A civil war almost broke out between Edward the Confessor and the Godwines.
• 1089 


  Lanfranc died.
• 1062 


  Harold Godwinson took a trip to Normandy.
• 1086 


  The Domesday Survey was

  carried out.
• 1069 


  The rebellion of Exeter
• 1067 


  The rebellion of Edric the Wild
• 1069 


  The rebellion of Hereward the Wake
• 1093: William II became ill and appointed Anselm as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1070 


  Construction began on the White Tower.
• 1098 


  Construction finished on the White Tower.
• 1067 


  Eustace of Boulogne attacked Dover castle.
• 1057: Edgar the Ætheling travelled to England to live at Edward the Confessor's court.
• 1066 


  William the Conqueror began construction of Battle Abbey.
• 1070 


  Lanfranc was appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1076 


  Bishop Odo of Bayeux was put on trial.
• 1069 - 70 


  The Harrying of the North
• 1091 


  King Malcolm of Scotland invaded England.
• 1078: The Pope banned kings from appointing bishops and abbots.
• 1076: The Council of Winchester stated that the clergy could only be tried by Church courts.
• 14th October 1066 


  The Battle of Hastings
• 25th September 1066 


  The Battle of Stamford Bridge
• 20th September 1066 


  The Battle of Fulford Gate
• 28th September 1066: William landed on the south-east coast of England at Pevensey.
• 8th September 1066: King Harold disbanded his army on the south coast.
• 6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England.
• 5th January 1066 


  Edward the Confessor died.
• 25th December 1066: William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.