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AD 1003         Leif Ericsson, son of Eric the Red, leads an expedition to the west. He

Journeys down the coast of North America, making several landings and possibly reaching as far as Maryland. Ethelred II orders the slaughter of all Danish settlers and mercenaries in Southern England.

AD 1007          Sweyn Forkbeard and an army of Norsemen land in England and wreak terrible   vengeance! (Well, who wouldn’t!!)

AD 1012          The Danes sack Canterbury and are bought off for 48000 pounds of silver.

AD 1013          Sweyn lands in England and is proclaimed King. Ethelred flees to Normandy.

AD 1014          The English recall Ethelred as King on the death of Sweyn.

AD 1015          Canute invades England, war between the Danes and the Saxons.

AD1016           Edmund Ironside, son of Ethelred II, King of England. He and Canute divide the kingdom, Canute holds the north, and Edmund holds Wessex. Edmund is assassinated and Canute becomes King of England (until 1035). At this time Olaf II is King of Norway (until 1028).

AD 1017          Canute divides England into 4 Earldoms.

AD 1019          Canute marries Emma of Normandy, widow of Ethelred II.

AD 1035          Death of Canute, his possessions are divided. William the bastard son of Robert le Diable, becomes Duke of Normandy. Harold I, Harefoot, King of England (until 1042).

AD 1040          Hardicanute, King of England until 1042 when he dies of drink.

AD 1042          Edward the confessor, son of Ethelred II, King of England until 1066. Power is in the hands of Earl Godwin and his sons.

AD 1046          Harold Haardraada, King of Norway until 1066

AD 1051          Earl Godwin exiled. In 1052 he returns with a fleet and wins back his power.

AD 1053          Death of Godwin, his son Harold succeeds him as Earl of Wessex.

AD 1055          Harold’s brother Tostig becomes Earl of Northumbria.

AD 1061          Malcolm Canmore, King of Scots, invades Northumberland.

AD 1063          Harold and Tostig Subdue Wales.

AD 1065          Northumbria rebels against Tostig who is exiled.

AD 1066          Harold II is crowned King of England the day after Edward the confessor dies. Tostig and Harold Haardraada of Norway invade Northern England. Harold II defeats them at the battle of Stamford Bridge (Yorkshire) mid September, killing both. William of Normandy lands an invasion fleet on the South coast of England. Harold II marches his army south and 19 days after the battle of Stamford Bridge he fights the Normans in the battle of Hastings. William I, the Conqueror first Norman King of England (until 1087)

AD 1067          Work commences on the Tower of London.

AD 1068          William subdues the North of England (the Harrying of the North): The region is laid waste.

AD 1070          Hereward the Wake begins a Saxon revolt in the fens of Eastern England.

AD 1072          William invades Scotland and also receives the submission of Hereward.

AD 1086          Canute IV of Denmark is assassinated, the Danish threat to England is lifted. The Domesday Book is completed.

AD 1087          Wiiliam (Rufus) II King of England (until 1099)

AD 1096          The First Crusade begins.

AD 1100          Henry I King of England (until 1135)

AD 1109          War between England and France (until 1113)

AD 1135          Stephen of Boulogne seizes the English crown on the death of Henry I. Civil war breaks out.

AD 1141          Matilda captures Stephen at the battle of Lincoln and reigns disastrously. She is driven out by a popular rising and Stephen is restored.

AD 1154          Henry II King of England (until 1189)

AD 1189          Death of Henry II, Richard I (the Lionheart) King of England.

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