Tag: William the Conqueror

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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

6th January 2025
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Edward the Confessor, England, Monarchy, Norman Conquest, Normandy, Politics, Westminster Abbey, William of Normandy, William the Conqueror

When the Witenaġemot met after the death of Edward the Confessor, the elected Harold to be the new king and his coronation took place the same day.

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25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

25th December 2024
Tagged as: Battle of Hastings, Coronation, England, London, Monarchy, Westminster Abbey, William I, William of Normandy, William the Conqueror

After Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, William became the third person to wear the crown of England that year.

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25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada

25th September 2023
Tagged as: 1066, Edward the Confessor, England, Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, Harold II, Norway, Stamford Bridge, Vikings, William of Normandy, William the Conqueror

The Battle of Stamford Bridge saw both sides suffer heavy casualties but, with Harald Hardrada slain in battle, the English emerged victorious.

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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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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada

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

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HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

10th September 1919: Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain at the end of the First World War

9th September 1513: Battle of Flodden marks the largest battle to ever take place between Scotland and England

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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