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...
Cnut the great was born.
Germany
King Sweyn Forkbeard, plundered the city of Stade . Count Lothair Udo was captured and slain.
North America
Bjarni Herlofson was the first Icelander to discover the North American continent, but he did not make landfall.
North England
Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moved his episcopal seat from Chester-le-Street to Durham in England, to which the remains of Saint Cuthbert were translated.
Norway
Norwegian peasants rebelled against the Earl Haakon Sigurdsson.
Aldhun, Bishop of Lindisfarne, moved his episcopal seat from Chester-le-Street to Durham in England, to which the remains of Saint Cuthbert were translated.
Norwegian peasants rebelled against the Earl Haakon Sigurdsson.
Orkney
On his way back to claim kingship in Norway, Olav Tryggvason stopped off in Osmundwall on the Orkney island of South Walls. He demanded Earl Sigurd to a meeting, and forced the earl to become his vassal and to be converted to Christianity. Olav said that if this did not happen, he would have the earl killed, plunder the islands and burn everything in sight.
Eric the victorious, King of Sweden died and Olof Skotkonung became the first king of both the Swedes and the Goths, he ruled until 1022.
Wales
Sweyn Forkbeard raided "Mannaw," which probably was Anglesey. He also started to mint his own coins.
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