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The Battle of
Hastings Timeline |
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1033 |
Alliance between France and England against
the Vikings - the Normans claim to the English throne |
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1065 |
Meeting between Harold Godwinson and Duke
William? Did Harold agree that William should become King of England
when Edward the Confessor dies? |
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January 4th 1066 |
The Death of Edward the Confessor |
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January 6th 1066 |
Harold Earl of Wessex crowned King of
England |
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April 1066 |
Halley's Comet |
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Spring 1066 |
Norman mission to Rome to seek Papal
support for the Norman Invasion |
Preparation for the Battle of
Hastings
The Norman Invasion Timeline |
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July 1066 |
Harold gathers the English army at the
South Coast of England in Preparation for the Norman Invasion |
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July 1066 |
William prepares his fleet for the English
invasion at the River Dives in Normandy |
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September 1066 |
The Vikings! Harald Hadrada, King of
Norway, launches a Viking invasion |
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20th September 1066 |
The Battle of Gate Fulford - The Vikings
defeat the English led by Morcar |
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21st September 1066 |
Harold marches his army from the South
Coast of England to York to defend against the Viking Invasion! |
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September 25th 1066 |
The Stamford Bridge Battle - Harold defeats
King Harald Hadrada and the Vikings at York |
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September 27th 1066 |
Duke William sets sail for England - The
Norman Invasion begins |
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September 28th 1066 |
Duke William lands at Pevensey, on the
South coast of England. The Norman Invasion |
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September 29th 1066 |
Duke William occupies Hastings, on the
South coast of England |
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October 1st 1066 |
Harold , celebrating his victory over the
Vikings at York, receives news of the Norman invasion |
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October 1st 1066 |
Harold marches his army back from the North
of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman
Invasion! |
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October 6th 1066 |
King Harold arrives in London |
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The Battle of Hastings Timeline |
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October 1066 |
The English Army prepare their defences at
Senlac |
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Friday 13th of October 1066 |
Negotiations between the Normans and Saxons
- William demands that King Harold either resigns his royalty in
favor of William, refers it to the arbitration of the Pope or let it
be determined by the issue of a single combat. King Harold declines |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The Normans and the Saxons prepare for
battle - the Battle of Hastings |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
William Raised the Papal Standard and
issued battle orders to the Norman army |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
Norman Foot soldiers led the way, the
archers followed and finally the Norman knights on horseback.
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Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
Battle Plans - A fence and a fosse were
built as a part of the Saxon defences. The men of Kent were entitled
to strike first, the London men guarded King Harold. The Saxon army
had no cavalry but stood in close ranks |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The Norman servants, priests and clerks
looked on whilst the Norman army advanced in three columns |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
Normans moved on to the assault, and the
English defended themselves well |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The Two Armies met. Each side taunted
the other. The armies exchanged blows and many Normans died
in the fosse (ditch). |
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Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The Battle raged for hours. A new scheme
was adopted by the Norman archers. Arrows were shot in upward in the
air striking the faces of the English soldiers. Many had their eyes
put out and the arrows flew thicker than rain |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
An arrow struck Harold above his right eye,
and put it out. Many other English soldiers have suffered a similar
fate due to the strategy of the Norman archers. |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The Saxons still continued to defend well.
The Normans then adopted another strategy which deceived the Saxons |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The English believed that the Normans were
in retreat. The English pursued the Normans and foolishly broke
their ranks. |
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Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The English were unable to compete against
the knights on horseback. The Saxon barricades were broken. The
living marched over heaps of the dead and many were crushed in the
throng. |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The wounded King Harold was killed and his
body mutilated by the Normans.
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Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
Their King was dead and their Standard lost
- many English soldiers fled. William had won the Battle of Hastings
- he was the Conqueror |
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Saturday 14th of October 1066 |
The great Battle of Hastings had raged
between 9am and 3pm |
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Timeline Sunday 15th of October |
Both the Normans and the Saxons buried
their dead. William the Conqueror had defeated the Saxons at the
Battle of Hastings and now made ready to conquer the English
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Defeat at the Battle of Hastings
The Norman Conquest
Timeline |
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October 21st 1066 |
The Submission of the Saxons at Dover |
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October 29th 1066 |
The Submission of the Saxons at Canterbury |
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December 25th 1066 |
Duke William is crowned King of England in
Westminster Abbey in London |
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January 1067 |
William the Conqueror starts constructing
castles in England - Norwich Castle, Wallingford Castle and Chepstow
Castle |
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March 1067 |
William returns to Normandy until December
1067 |
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Autumn 1067 |
Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux is made Earl of
Kent and becomes William's Deputy in England |
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December 1067 |
William returns to England |
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February 1067 |
Rebellion against the Normans! The English,
led by Harold's mother Gytha, resist the Normans at Exeter but are
defeated by the Normans |
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Spring 1067 |
King William starts construction of Exeter
Castle and the Tower of London |
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May 11th 1068 |
King William's wife, Matilda, is crowned
Queen of England |
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1068 |
Rebellion! The "Harrying of the North" |
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1070 |
Rebellion against the Normans! Hereward the
Wake leads the English with Harold's brother the Earl Morcar
against the Normans at Peterborough but is defeated |
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1070 |
The Norman Conquest is complete |
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1086 |
The Doomsday Book |
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9th September 1087 |
William the Conqueror dies at Saint-Gervais
near Rouen, France |
