Visual Timeline: Battle of Hastings

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1060 CE 1070 CE  
 
 
1066 CE: William, Duke of Normandy, prepares his invasion fleet to conquer England.
 
 
1066 CE: Battle of Stamford Bridge in which Harold Godwinson (Harold II) defeats an invading army led by Harald Hardrada, king of Norway.
 
 
1066 CE: William the Conqueror's invading army lands at Pevensey in Sussex, southern England.
 
 
1066 CE: The Battle of Hastings in which William, Duke of Normandy, defeats King Harold II of England.
 
 
1066 CE: William the Conqueror is crowned William I, king of England, in Westminster Abbey.
 
 
1067 CE - 1079 CE: The Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest of Anglo-Saxon Britain is made.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1060 CE 1070 CE