Anglo Saxon Dates

Question 1

1040

Answer 1

Harthacnut of England made a treaty with Magnus 1 of Norway, stating that they will inherit each other’s thrones

Question 2

1051

Answer 2

William of Normandy visits England where he claims that Edward pledged him the English throne upon his death

Question 3

1064

Answer 3

Godwinson shipwrecked off the coast of Normandy
William orders Harold be brought to him
They fight at the battle of Rouen
After Harold swears an oath to support Williams claim to the throne

Question 4

3rd October 1065

Answer 4

People of Northumbria rebelled against Tostig
Harold sent to deal with the situation
He sides with the people and sends Tostig (his brother) into exile
Tostig was furious and vowed revenge

Question 5

28th October 1065

Answer 5

Godwinson tells the King about what happened in Northumbria
Agreed Tostig would be sent into exile
Morcar was to replace him as Earl of Northumbria

Question 6

5th January 1066

Answer 6

King Edward the Confessor dies with no heir

Question 7

6th January 1066

Answer 7

Witan meat to discuss claimants
Aethling too young
William’s and Harald’s claims are dismissed
Harold is crowned later that day

Question 8

March 1066

Answer 8

Halley’s comet appears in the sky

Question 9

Spring 1066

Answer 9

Harold anticipated a challenge to his throne from William so Harold stationed militia along the south coast and isle of wight

Question 10

Summer 1066

Answer 10

Tostig contacts Harald in Norway and says he will offer his support for Harald’s claim to the English throne

Question 11

August 1066

Answer 11

William postponed sailing across the channel
Could be due to unfavorable wind direction
He might be hoping some of Harold’s men will go home for the harvest season

Question 12

8th September 1066 South England

Answer 12

Food supplies and morale are low so Harold sends his troops home

Question 13

8th September 1066 North England

Answer 13

Hardrada, the Norwegian king, and Tostig invade England
They had crossed the north sea from Norway and landed at the mouth of the river Tyne
Hardrada and his men started raiding villages in the north

Question 14

20th September 1066

Answer 14

Battle of Gate Fulford
Earl Morcar and Earl Mercia call up their reserves
Meet Hardrada and Tostig at Fulford
The English are easily defeated and flee

Question 15

25th September 1066

Answer 15

Battle of Stamford Bridge
English defeat the Norwegians
Hardrada and Tostig were both killed

Question 16

28th September 1066

Answer 16

William lands at Pevensey on the South coast of England

Question 17

1st October 1066

Answer 17

Harold learned of the Norman Invasion so made plans to return South

Question 18

6th October 1066

Answer 18

Harold and his Saxon army reached London

Harold issued a call for men to join his cause

Question 19

10th October 1066

Answer 19

Suggested that Harold should remain in London but instead, he decides to tell everyone to get ready to leave instead of letting his brother Gyrth lead the Army into battle

Question 20

11th October 1066

Answer 20

Harold and the Saxon Army leave London and begin the march south

Question 21

13th October 1066

Answer 21

By evening Harold and his men had reached Caldbec Hill on the South of England

Question 22

14th October 1066

Answer 22

Battle of Hastings

William wins and Harold, plus many other nobles, die

Question 23

15th October 1066

Answer 23

Witan declared Edgar the Aethling King of England

William returns to his camp and England expecting the nobles to submit to him

Question 24

20th October 1066

Answer 24

William realized that the English Nobles weren’t to submit to him so left Hastings bound for Dover

Question 25

November 1066

Answer 25

William reaches dover Takes control of the fort stationed on the hill Orders a new castle to be built Then William takes control of Canterbury

Question 26

December 1066

Answer 26

William marched on London

Question 27

10th December 1066

Answer 27

Edgar Aetheling and the English nobility submitted to William

Question 28

25th December 1066

Answer 28

William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey

Question 29

January 1067

Answer 29

Earls Edwin and Morcar submit to William William begins to distribute English land to those Norman nobles who had come from Normandy with him and fought at the Battle of Hastings

Question 30

March 1067

Answer 30

William returned to Normandy He took Edgar Aetheling, Edwin, Morcar and other prominent English Nobles Odo of Bayeux and William FitzOsbern were left as reagents of England

Question 31

December 1067

Answer 31

William returned to England

Question 32

Summer 1068

Answer 32

Earls Edwin and Morcar rebel against William, but it ends before it starts William begins a program of castle building to stamp Norman authority on England Places included Warwick, York, Nottingham, Huntington, Lincoln and Cambridge

Question 33

Spring 1069

Answer 33

Edgar the Aetheling attempted to take York but was unsuccessful

Question 34

Early Autumn 1069

Answer 34

Edgar the Aethling joins forces with Sweyn of Denmark, together they attack and take York

Question 35

Late Autumn 1069

Answer 35

William marched north to deal with Edgar He paid off the Danes and defeated the Saxon rebels He carried out the harrying of the north

Question 36

December 1069

Answer 36

William holds Christmas amid the burnt-out ruins of York

Question 37

1070 Religion

Answer 37

Lanfrance is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 38

1070 Rebels

Answer 38

Hereward the Wake and the rebellion at the Isle of Ely

Question 39

1071 Isle of Ely

Answer 39

Morcar was captured but Hereward escaped from the Isle of Ely

Question 40

1071 Rebels

Answer 40

Earl Edwin launched another revolt against the Normans but was betrayed by his own men and killed

Question 41

1073

Answer 41

With England relatively secure William returned to Normandy to deal with problems there

Question 42

31 May 1076

Answer 42

Revolt of the Earls ends with the execution of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

Question 43

1075

Answer 43

Revolt of the Earls

Question 44

1077

Answer 44

Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the battle of Hastings is complete

Question 45

1078

Answer 45

Work begins to convert the tower of London into a stone castle

Question 46

Christmas day 1085

Answer 46

Start of Domesday book

Question 47

1086

Answer 47

Domesday book is completed

Question 48

1087

Answer 48

King William I dies