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1066 - French horsepower broke England

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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983 - Eric the Red began the settlement of Greenland.

Denmark
Rumors about Emperor Otto 2 defeat to the Saracens in Italy reached Denmark so the son of Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard threw the Germans out of Southern Schleswig. He conquered Otto 2`s castle and killed all the soldiers and burned the castle to ashes. A lot of the battles took place in the Hedeby area, and the rune stones of the fallen warriors witness this. It might be possible that it led to the destruction of Hedeby because all the trade was moved to Sliestorp(Schleswig). The campaign did not stop with the conquest of the lost land, united with the support from Harald Bluetooths brother-in-law Mistiwoi, a local leader of the Obrotrites allied with Sweyn Forkbeard conquered Holstein and Mistiwoi burned Hamburg.

Greenland
Eric the Red began the exploration of Greenland, with him was his wife Tjodhild and his 2 sons Leiv and Thorsten. 3 years were used to explore the area in the Southern part of Greenland, he used a marketing trick and named the area Greenland, to describe the mild climate and grass field. He sailed back to Iceland where all the best pastures were  taken there was not a lack of pioneers looking to explore and settle new land.
Erik the red Thorvaldsson (950-1007) settled Greenland

Church of Hvalsø
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Location: Sisimiut 3911, Greenland

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