Millennium Timeline
The 11th Century (1001 - 1100)
1 January 1001 - Greenwich celebrates the start of the Second Millennium .
Ethelred II (the Unready) - King of England (978 - 1016)
1002 - 13 November (St. Brice's Day) - Ethelred ordered the massacre of Danes living in England
1003? - Birth of Edward (the Confessor) - Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again)
1007: Danes bought off from England by Ethelred - Ship money first levied in England
1009: Danish invasion of England
1012: 19 April - St. Alphege (954 - 1012) martyred on Easter Sunday, on spot of St. Alfege Church in Greenwich.
1013: Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again) - Ethelred fled to Norway
1016: Death of Ethelred led to the Battle of Ashington (Essex) to decide his successor.
Edmund II (Ironside) - King (1016)
Ruled the South of the Kingdom after losing at Ashington but died shortly afterwards
Cnut - King of England (1016 - 1035)
Won at Ashington - ruled the north of the Kingdom but became monarch of all England on the death of Edmund.
1017: Cnut married Emma of Normandy (widow of Ethelred II)
1035: Death of Cnut - His illegitimate son HardiCnut (Harold I) became Regent.
Harold I (Harefoot) - King of England (1037 - 1040)
1040: Death of Harold I - Cnut legitimate son Harthacnut inherits
Harthacnut - King of England (1040 - 1042)
1042: Death of Harthacnut - his half-brother Edward inherits
1045: Edward marries Edith (daughter of Godwin, Earl of Essex)
1051: Earl Godwin
1066: 6 January - Death of Edward the Confessor - Harold (Earl of Wessex), his brother-in-law claims throne
Harold II - King of England (1066)
1066: 25 September - Harold defeats Norwegian invasion at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066: 14 October - Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill - Harold slain. William I becomes king.
William (the Conqueror) - King of England (1066 - 1087)
1066: Appearance of Halley's Comet depicted on Bayeux Tapestry
1067: Anglo-Saxon revolt against the Norman's crushed. Work began on the Tower of London
1069: Malcolm III marries Margaret (English Royal Family) then invades England.
1070: Revolt by Hereward the Wake against William the Conqueror
1071: Revolt quashed - Norman conquest of England complete
1072: William the Conqueror invades Scotland
1079: New forest made a royal hunting ground by William the Conqueror
1085: Domesday Book preparation begins
1086: Domesday Book survey of land ownership in England
1087: 9 September - William I dies falling from a horse, William II succeeds
William II (Rufus) - King of England (1087 - 1100)
1095: First Crusade begins
1100: 2 August - William II killed by an arrow whilst hunting in the New Forest
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