Timeline of Events
January 4th 1066: The Death of King Edward the Confessor.
January 6th 1066: Harold the Earl of Wessex is crowned King of England.
July 1066: King Harold gathers the English army at the South Coast of England in Preparation for the Norman Invasion.
July 1066: Duke William prepares his fleet for the English invasion at the River Dives in Normandy.
20th September 1066: The Battle of Fulford - The Vikings defeat the English led by Morcar.
21st September 1066: Harold marches his army from the South Coast of England to Yorkshire to defend England against the Viking Invasion.
September 25th 1066: The Stamford Bridge Battle - King Harold defeats Harald Hadrada and the Vikings at Yorkshire.
September 27th 1066: Duke William sets sail for England - The Norman Invasion begins and the Battle of Hastings beckons.
September 29th 1066: Duke William occupies Hastings, on the South coast of England preparing for the Battle of Hastings.
October 1st 1066: King Harold , celebrating his victory over the Vikings at Yorkshire, receives news of the Norman invasion
October 1st 1066: King Harold marches his army back from the North of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman Invasion when he would fight against the Normans at the Battle of Hastings.
October 6th 1066: King Harold arrives in London.
October 1066: The English Army prepare their defenses at Caldbec Hill - where the Battle of Hastings was situated.
October 13th 1066: Negotiations between the Normans and Saxons - William demands that King Harold either resigns his royalty in favor of William, refers it to the arbitration of the Pope or let it be determined by the issue of a single combat. King Harold of England declines.
October 14th 1066: The Normans and the Saxons prepare for battle - the Battle of Hastings.
October 14th 1066: William Raises the Papal Standard and issues battle orders to the Norman .
October 14th 1066: Norman Foot soldiers led the way, the archers follow and finally the Norman knights on horseback.
October 14th 1066: Normans moved on to the assault, and the English defended themselves well.
October 14th 1066: The Two Armies met at the Battle of Hastings. Each side taunted the other. The armies exchanged blows and many Normans die in the fosse (ditch).
October 14th 1066: The Battle rages for hours. A new scheme was adopted by the Norman archers. Arrows were shot in upward in the air striking the faces of the English soldiers. Many had their eyes put out.
October 14th 1066: The Saxons still continue to defend well. The Normans then adopt another strategy which deceives the Saxons.
October 14th 1066: The English are unable to compete against the knights on horseback. The Saxon barricades are broken. The living marched over heaps of the dead and many were crushed in the throng.
October 14th 1066: The wounded King Harold is killed and his body mutilated by the Normans.
October 14th 1066: Duke William had won the Battle of Hastings - he was the Conqueror.
October 15th 1066: Both the Normans and the Saxons bury their dead. William the Conqueror had defeated the Saxons at the Battle of Hastings.
1067: Barons wanted more permanent buildings than the timber castles that were put up following the Battle of Hastings. Castles, cathedrals, abbeys, and monasteries began to be built in stone.
1086: William orders a survey and his men went all over the country writing down exactly what everyone owned in land, cattle, crops, and tools so that they knew exactly how much people could pay.
1087: Feudal System develops and becomes the basis of society to many in the early middle ages.