Entries for the tag ‘Godwinson, Harold (ca. 1022-66)’
Harold II, last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king, reigned from death of Edward the Confessor until his own death at Hastings, 6 January-14 October 1066. 
- 25 September 1066: The Stamford Bridge massacre by Harold Godwinson’s army of Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson’s force symbolises the end of the Viking Age
- 28 January 1069: In the first major northern battle after Hastings, Tynesiders slaughter a Norman army at Durham, whereupon William the Conqueror ravages the north
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