| The Battle of Hastings Timeline |
| 1033 | Alliance between France and England against the Vikings - the Normans claim to the English throne |
| 1065 | Meeting between Harold Godwinson and Duke William? Did Harold agree that William should become King of England when Edward the Confessor dies? |
| January 4th 1066 | The Death of Edward the Confessor |
| January 6th 1066 | Harold Earl of Wessex crowned King of England |
| April 1066 | Halley's Comet |
| Spring 1066 | Norman mission to Rome to seek Papal support for the Norman Invasion |
Preparation for the Battle of Hastings
The Norman Invasion Timeline |
| July 1066 | Harold gathers the English army at the South Coast of England in Preparation for the Norman Invasion |
| July 1066 | William prepares his fleet for the English invasion at the River Dives in Normandy |
| September 1066 | The Vikings! Harald Hadrada, King of Norway, launches a Viking invasion |
| 20th September 1066 | The Battle of Gate Fulford - The Vikings defeat the English led by Morcar |
| 21st September 1066 | Harold marches his army from the South Coast of England to York to defend against the Viking Invasion! |
| September 25th 1066 | The Stamford Bridge Battle - Harold defeats King Harald Hadrada and the Vikings at York |
| September 27th 1066 | Duke William sets sail for England - The Norman Invasion begins |
| September 28th 1066 | Duke William lands at Pevensey, on the South coast of England. The Norman Invasion |
| September 29th 1066 | Duke William occupies Hastings, on the South coast of England |
| October 1st 1066 | Harold , celebrating his victory over the Vikings at York, receives news of the Norman invasion |
| October 1st 1066 | Harold marches his army back from the North of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman Invasion! |
| October 6th 1066 | King Harold arrives in London |
| The Battle of Hastings Timeline |
| October 1066 | The English Army prepare their defences at Senlac |
| Friday 13th of October 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 declines |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The Normans and the Saxons prepare for battle - the Battle of Hastings |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | William Raised the Papal Standard and issued battle orders to the Norman army |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | Norman Foot soldiers led the way, the archers followed and finally the Norman knights on horseback. |
| Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 | Battle Plans - A fence and a fosse were built as a part of the Saxon defences. The men of Kent were entitled to strike first, the London men guarded King Harold. The Saxon army had no cavalry but stood in close ranks |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The Norman servants, priests and clerks looked on whilst the Norman army advanced in three columns |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | Normans moved on to the assault, and the English defended themselves well |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The Two Armies met. Each side taunted the other. The armies exchanged blows and many Normans died in the fosse (ditch). |
| Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The Battle raged 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 and the arrows flew thicker than rain |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | An arrow struck Harold above his right eye, and put it out. Many other English soldiers have suffered a similar fate due to the strategy of the Norman archers. |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The Saxons still continued to defend well. The Normans then adopted another strategy which deceived the Saxons |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The English believed that the Normans were in retreat. The English pursued the Normans and foolishly broke their ranks. |
| Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The English were unable to compete against the knights on horseback. The Saxon barricades were broken. The living marched over heaps of the dead and many were crushed in the throng. |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The wounded King Harold was killed and his body mutilated by the Normans.
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| Timeline Saturday 14th of October 1066 | Their King was dead and their Standard lost - many English soldiers fled. William had won the Battle of Hastings - he was the Conqueror |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066 | The great Battle of Hastings had raged between 9am and 3pm |
| Timeline Sunday 15th of October | Both the Normans and the Saxons buried their dead. William the Conqueror had defeated the Saxons at the Battle of Hastings and now made ready to conquer the English |
Defeat at the Battle of Hastings
The Norman Conquest Timeline |
| October 21st 1066 | The Submission of the Saxons at Dover |
| October 29th 1066 | The Submission of the Saxons at Canterbury |
| December 25th 1066 | Duke William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in London |
| January 1067 | William the Conqueror starts constructing castles in England - Norwich Castle, Wallingford Castle and Chepstow Castle |
| March 1067 | William returns to Normandy until December 1067 |
| Autumn 1067 | Odo, the Bishop of Bayeux is made Earl of Kent and becomes William's Deputy in England |
| December 1067 | William returns to England |
| February 1067 | Rebellion against the Normans! The English, led by Harold's mother Gytha, resist the Normans at Exeter but are defeated by the Normans |
| Spring 1067 | King William starts construction of Exeter Castle and the Tower of London |
| May 11th 1068 | King William's wife, Matilda, is crowned Queen of England |
| 1068 | Rebellion! The 'Harrying of the North' |
| 1070 | Rebellion against the Normans! Hereward the Wake leads the English with Harold's brother the Earl Morcar against the Normans at Peterborough but is defeated |
| 1070 | The Norman Conquest is complete |
| 1086 | The Doomsday Book |
| 9th September 1087 | William the Conqueror dies at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France |
