Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066 240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066 Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
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Count Arnulf of Flandern made a Danish viking chieftain, Sigfred the danish to count of Guines(The Calais area).He did it because of a recommendation from a prominent guest at the court in Flandern, called Knud Dane-ast, possibly a son of Gorm the old.
The Normans invaded the Loire area again and also Aquitaine, they plundered Saintonge, Angoumois, Périgord, and Limousin. but Raul of Bolougne defeated the Normans at a place called Ad Destricios (Estresse near Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne). Danish vikings driven out of Bretagne.
Iceland
In the summer Althingi in Iceland was established. people assembled for 2 weeks at a thing to discuss and settle disputes and arrange marriages, the Icelandic Commonwealth was founded.
An estimated 20000 people were living in Iceland.
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