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Scene from the Battle of Hastings as represented in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Events
- January 6 - Harold II is crowned
- 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
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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