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21st September 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published

  • 21st September 2020
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Books, England, Fantasy, Literature

On the 21st September 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel The Hobbit was first published in the United Kingdom.

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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned king of England

  • 6th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry, Edward the Confessor, England, Harold I, Monarchy, Normandy, Politics, Westminster Abbey, William of Normandy

On the 6th January 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England.

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5th January 1066: Death of Edward the Confessor sparks a succession crisis

  • 5th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry, Edward the Confessor, Harold I, Medieval, Normandy, Tostig, William of Normandy

A succession crisis was sparked following the death of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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25th December 1066: William the Conquerer crowned king of England

  • 25th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, England, Harold I, London, Monarchy, Normandy, Politics, Westminster Abbey, William of Normandy

On the 25th December 1066, William of Normandy was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

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13th November 1002: Æthelred the Unready orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre

  • 13th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Denmark, England, Massacre, Vikings

On the 13th November 1002, the St Brice’s Day Massacre took place when king Æthelred the Unready “ordered slain all the Danish men who were in England”.

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14th October 1066: Battle of Hastings fought on Senlac Hill

  • 14th October 2019
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, England, France, Harold I, Invasion, Normandy, Norway, William of Normandy

On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson.

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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria

  • 8th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Christianity, Danelaw, England, Lindisfarne, Monastery, Norse, Northumbria, Paganism, Scandinavia, Vikings

Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.

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13th December 902: Æthelwold’s revolt against Edward the Elder is defeated

  • 13th December 2018
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Danelaw, Edward the Elder, England, Medieval, Mercia, Northumbria, Vikings, Wessex

Æthelwold ætheling, a claimant to the Anglo-Saxon throne was defeated at the Battle of the Holme.

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12th July 927: Earliest foundation of England under Æthelstan

  • 12th July 2018
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, England, Medieval, Middle Ages, Monarchy, Saxon

July 12th 927 is the closest we have to a foundation date for England, when all the kings of Britain met at Eamont Bridge, near Penrith in Cumbria, to swear an oath of peace under the overlordship of Æthelstan.

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