1020s in England
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Events from the 1020s in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - Canute
[edit] Events
- 1020
- Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.[1]
- Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1021
- 1022
- 1023
- Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.[1]
- Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.[1]
- 1024
- 1025
- King Canute forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.[2]
- 1026
- Battle of the Helgeå: King Canute defeats the kings of Norway and Sweden.[1]
- 1027
- 1028
- Canute becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.[2]
- 1029
[edit] Births
- 1022
- King Harold Godwinson (died 1066)
- 1026
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died 1066)
- 1027/28
- King William I of England (died 1087)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 106–107. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
