Event Norman conquest of England

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Was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by the army of the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror.

Chronology

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  • October 1066: William moved up the Thames valley to cross the river at Wallingford, Berkshire, while there he received the submission of Stigand.
  • October 1066: The Normans erected a wooden castle at Hastings.
  • June 1068: The Siege of Exeter occurred in 1068 when William I marched a combined army of Normans and Englishmen loyal to the king west to force the submission of Exeter, a stronghold of Anglo-Saxon resistance against Norman rule.
  • September 1066: The Normans crossed to England a few days after Harold's victory over the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge on 25 September, following the dispersal of Harold's naval force. They landed at Pevensey in Sussex on 28 September.
  • October 1066: The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
  • December 1066: The English leaders surrendered to William at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. William was acclaimed King of England and crowned by Ealdred on 25 December 1066.
  • November 1066: William advanced, marching around the coast of Kent to London. He defeated an English force that attacked him at Southwark.

1. Harrying of the North

Was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069-1070 to subjugate northern England.

  • January 1070: Sweyn II of Denmark landed with an army, in much the same way as Harald Hardrada. He took control of York after defeating the Norman garrison and inciting a local uprising.
  • April 1070: King William defeated the Danish forces and devastated the region of York in the Harrying of the North.
  • January 1069: A number of campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–70 to subjugate northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Atheling, had encouraged Anglo-Danish rebellions.
  • January 1075: A rebellion of three earls against William I of England (William the Conqueror).