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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| Magnus the Good with the axe "Hel" |
A large Wendic army crossed the Eider and plundered Southern Jutland. King Magnus the good landed a Danish/Norwegian army at Hedeby and on Saint Mikhaels day the 28th September attacked the Wends at Lyrskov hede where the Wends was crushed in a bloody battle.
Before that Magnus the good had also destroyed Jomsborg, because the mercenary soldiers would not recognize him as their king.
Kaupmmannahafn(Copenhagen) was mentioned in the Icelandic Sagas
England
On the 3rd of April Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England at Winchester Cathedral.
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| Rus-Byzantine war |
A Rus fleet was destroyed by Byzantines in the last attack on Constantinople. Survivors attempted to return home overland but was captured or killed at Varna. The raid was started by Yaroslav I of Kiev after a Rus trader was killed in Constantinople and led by his eldest son, Vladimir of Novgorod.
Italy
2 brothers from Normandy, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, grabbed the power in Apulia.
2 brothers from Normandy, William Iron Arm and Drogo de Hauteville, grabbed the power in Apulia.
Norway
Hallvard
Vebjørnsson, a son of a local noble in the district of greater
Lier, was murdered while trying to defend a thrall woman from angry men
who accused her of theft. The Catholic church approved his action, and
recognised him as a martyr and canonized him as Saint Hallvard, the
patron saint of Oslo.
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