1060s in England

1060s in England

Events from the 1060s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold Godwinson (to 14 October 1066), Edgar the Ætheling (to 10 December 1066), William I of England

Events

* 1060
** Dedication of Waltham Abbey.
** Rebuilding of Westminster Abbey completed.
* 1061
** King Malcolm III of Scotland raids Northumbria.
* 1062
** Edwin becomes Earl of Mercia.
** Saint Wulfstan consecrated as Bishop of Worcester.
** Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex launches an invasion of Wales, raiding Rhuddlan.
* 1063
** Harold captures Gwynedd.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=111–112]
** Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn killed by his own men; English receive tribute from northern Wales, although the south remains independent.
* 1064
** Harold Godwinson marries Edith, daughter of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia, and widow of Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
** Harold Godwinson is shipwrecked at Ponthieu, Normandy and taken captive by Count Guy.
** Harold pays homage to William, Duke of Normandy and helps him in an invasion of Brittany.
* 1065
** 3 October - Northumbrian rebels capture York, outlaw Harold's brother, Tostig Godwinson, and choose Morcar of Northumbria as their new earl.
** 28 December - Westminster Abbey consecrated. [cite web|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/history-research/history/|title=Westminster Abbey website|accessdate=2007-12-23]
** Wilton Abbey consecrated.
* 1066
** 5 January - King Edward the Confessor dies.
** 6 January - Harold Godwinson chosen to be king over Edward's nephew Edgar Ætheling who was still a child.
** Tostig Godwinson attempts to invade England, but is forced to return to Scotland.
** 20 September - Battle of Fulford: Harald III of Norway invades England and defeats the English forces led by Morcar of Northumbria and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.
** 25 September - Battle of Stamford Bridge: King Harold II of England defeats and kills both Harald III of Norway and Tostig.
** 28 September - William, Duke of Normandy ("William the Conqueror") lands an invasion force near Pevensey. King Harold marches south to meet him.
** 14 October
*** Battle of Hastings: William defeats and kills Harold.
*** Edgar Ætheling proclaimed King by a Witenagemot in London; he submits to William some weeks later.
** 25 December - Coronation of William I of England.
* 1067
** December - William suppresses a revolt in Exeter, and constructs a castle there.
** Edgar Ætheling flees to Scotland with his family.
** Construction of Winchester Castle.
* 1068
** Morcar leads a revolt in Northumbria, but William defeats the rebels at York.
** William orders the construction of new castles at Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and York.
* 1069
** 28 January - Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl, and attack York.
** King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the rebels, and burns York, destroying the old Minster.
** At Stafford, William swiftly defeats a rebellion led by Edwin of Mercia.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 52-53|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** Winter of 1069–1070 - Harrying of the North: William quells rebellions in the North of England.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/normanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml|title=British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC|accessdate=2007-12-23]

Births

* 1064
** Robert Fitz Richard, landowner (died 1136)
* 1068
** Henry I of England (died 1135)

Deaths

* 1066
** 5 January - King Edward the Confessor (born c. 1004)
** 25 September - Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (born c. 1026)
** 14 October (at the Battle of Hastings)
*** Harold Godwinson (King Harold II) (born c. 1022)
*** Leofwine Godwinson brother of King Harold (born c. 1035)
*** Gyrth Godwinson brother of King Harold (born c. 1032)
* 1069
** 11 September - Aldred, Archbishop of York

References

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