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20th September 1066: Norwegian king Harald Hardrada defeats his northern English enemies at the Battle of Fulford

20th September 2022
Tagged as: 1066, Anglo-Saxon, Battle of Fulford, England, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, Norway, Tostig, William of Normandy, William the Conqueror

The fierce fighting at the Battle of Fulford that initially saw the Norwegians being driven back gave way to a counter-attack that led to Hardrada’s victory.

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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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20th September 1066: Norwegian king Harald Hardrada defeats his northern English enemies at the Battle of Fulford

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

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HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World

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28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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