1040s in England information

Events from the 1040s in England. Monarch – Harold I (to 17 March 1040), Harthacanute (17 March 1040 to 8 June 1042), then Edward the Confessor 1040 17...

The 1040s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1040, and ended on December 31, 1049. Spring – Nikephoros Dokeianos, Byzantine...

time of Gilbert's death. Yet another guardian, Osbern, was slain in the early 1040s in William's chamber while the duke slept. It was said that Walter...

Events from the 1020s in England. Monarch – Canute 1020 Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed. Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury...

Events from the 1030s in England. Monarch – Canute (to 12 November 1034), Harold I 1030 1031 King Cnut invades Scotland and forces the submission of Malcolm...

Events from the 1050s in England. Monarch – Edward the Confessor 1050 29 June – first Bishop of Exeter, Leofric, consecrated, uniting the former episcopal...

I of England, he was a prominent figure in England and Normandy. Robert FitzHamon, probably born in the 1040s or 1050s, was the son of Hamo Dapifer the...

Events from the 1060s in England. Monarch – Edward the Confessor (to 5 January 1066), Harold II (5 January to 14 October 1066), Edgar Ætheling (14 October...

great deal of power over the church within their territories. From the 1040s onwards successive popes had emphasised the importance of the church being...

Seia from the Christian allies of the Muslim taifas. In a drive to consolidate his southern border in Portugal – Ferdinand re-populates the city of Zamora...

conquered England in 1013. He died in the following year, and his realm was divided. His son Cnut the Great acquired England in 1016, Denmark in 1018 and...

Anglo-Scandinavian court in the early 1040s, describes Thorkell as a great war leader and warrior. Thorkell notably partook in a campaign that saw him...

pendulum swing back in favour of the native born Edward the Confessor in the early 1040s. Tovi's contemporary and new father-in-law Osgod Clapa, who...

Eustace II, count of Boulogne, visits England and is received with honour at the court by King Edward the Confessor. In Dover a fight breaks out between the...

building from the 1040s, commissioned by King Edward the Confessor, who is buried inside. Construction of the present church began in 1245 on the orders...

May 11 – William I brings his wife Matilda of Flanders to England. She is crowned queen in Westminster Abbey. September – Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyah marries...

degree that no real burgher class existed in Norway. From the 1040s to 1130, the country was at peace. In 1130, the civil war era broke out on the basis...

of the Viking Age: Vikings make an unsuccessful raid on the Kingdom of England; The raiders flee to Flanders (modern Belgium). King Edward the Confessor...

Salians. In Britain, it saw the transformation of Scotland into a single, more unified and centralised kingdom and the Norman conquest of England in 1066...

after the death of Gunhilda from malaria in 1038. April 3 – Edward the Confessor is crowned king of England at Winchester Cathedral. He learns that his...

prince (approximate date) March 6 – Emma of Normandy, queen consort of England (twice), Denmark and Norway (b. 984) May 6 – Boniface III, Italian prince...

Scotland". Born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile, Margaret and her family returned to England in 1057. Following...

ruler) of England. Cnut is buried in the Old Minster, in Winchester. Winter – Harthacnut is unable to travel to his coronation in England because his...