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6. The Roman army leaves Britain
8. The Viking ruler Canute becomes King of England
9. Henry II is crowned King of England
10. The barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta
11. Alfred the Great defeats the ‘Great Heathen Army’
12. Death of William the Conqueror
13. The Battle of Stamford Bridge
- September 1066
- March 1066
- October 1066
- November 1066
14. Henry II accidentally orders the murder of Thomas Becket
15. The battle of Hastings
- November 1066
- October 1066
- September 1066
- December 1066
16. Edward the Confessor promises the throne to William, Duke of Normandy
17. Augustine arrives in England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity
18. Bede finishes his great book, The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
19. Aethelstan’s victory at the Battle of Brananburh
20. The Vikings attack the monastery on Lindisfarne