What is 1066?
{{Year nav|1066}} {{Year in various calendars|1066}} {{Year article header|1066}} [[File:King William I ('The Conqueror') from NPG.jpg|thumb|alt=William I ('the Conqueror') (r. 1066–1087) |William I ('the Conqueror') (r. 1066–1087)]] 1066 was a year which brought great changes in [[England]]. The land had four kings during the year. The year started under [[Anglo-Saxon]] rule, and ended under [[Normandy|Norman]] rule. This was the only occasion since [[Roman Britain]] when the entire country was successfully invaded. There were four kings during the year: [[Edward the Confessor]] (to 5 January 1066), [[Harold Godwinson]] (to 14 October 1066), [[Edgar the Ætheling]] (to 10 December 1066), and finally [[William I of England|William I]], [[Duke of Normandy]]. == Events == * 6 January – [[Harold II]] crowned [[King of England]] * 25 September – Harold II defeats [[Tostig]] and [[Harald Hardraada]] at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]]. Tostig and Harald Hardraada are killed * 14 October – At the [[Battle of Hastings]], [[William the Conqueror]] (Duke of [[Normandy]]) defeats Harold. Harold is killed. In [[England]], this heralds the start of the [[Middle Ages]]. * The [[Viking]] port of [[Hedeby]], a town on the [[Baltic Sea]], is destroyed by [[Slav]]s. == Deaths == * 4 or 5 January – King [[Edward the Confessor]] of England dies * 25 September – killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge: ** King [[Harald III of Norway]] (b. 1015) ** [[Tostig Godwinson]], Earl of [[Northumbria]] * 14 October – killed at the Battle of Hastings: ** King [[Harold II of England]] ** [[Leofwine Godwinson]], brother of King Harold II ** [[Gyrth Godwinson]], brother of King Harold II * [[John Scotus]] (bishop of [[Mecklenburg]] (Johannes Skotus) (born around 990) ** 10 November – Sacrificed to [[Radegast (god)|Radegast]]: [[Category:1066|*]]