| Dates |
Kings and Queens of England and France |
Famous People |
Great Events, Sea Fights and Land Battles |
Principal Building |
| 1000 |
Aethelred |
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Leif, son of Eric the Red sailed to America |
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| 1016 |
Knut |
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| 1027 |
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William the Conqueror born |
Knut's pilgrimage to Rome |
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| 1031 |
Henry I (France) |
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| 1042 |
Edward the Confessor |
Godwin, Earl of Wessex |
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| 1060 |
Phillip I (France) |
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| 1065 |
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Westminster Abbey Dedication |
| 1066 |
William the Conqueror, m. Matlida of Flanders |
Harold Godwinson (killed at Hastings) Lanfranc, Archbishop, 1070 Hereward the Wake |
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Battle of Hastings
Rebellion at Exeter, 1068
Waste of the North, 1069-70
Rebellion at Ely, 1071
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Tower of London
Battle Abbey, 1067
St. Albans Transepts and Nave, 1077-93
Colchester Castle
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| 1080 |
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Ely Cathedral begun, 1083 |
| 1085 |
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Domesday Book |
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| 1087 |
William Rufus |
Anslem, Archbishop, 1093 |
First Crusade, 1096, founded Christian kingdom at Jerusalem in 1099 |
Tewkesbury Abbey, 1087-1123
Durham Nave, 1093-1128
Norwich Cathedral, 1096-1119
Canterbury Choir, 1096
Westminster Hall, 1099
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| 1096 |
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The People's Crusade
The First Crusade
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| 1100 |
Henry I, m. Matilda of Scotland |
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| 1106 |
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Battle of Tenchebrai and Conquest of Normandy |
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| 1108 |
Louis VI (France) |
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| 1116 |
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War with France, 1116-19 |
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| 1117 |
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Peterborough Nave, 1117-94 |
| 1119 |
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Knights Templar in Jerusalem |
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| 1120 |
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Loss of the White Ship |
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| 1130 |
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Rochester Castle
Hedingham Castle |
| 1135 |
Stephen, m. Maude of Boulogne |
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Fountains Abbey Nave, 1135-45 |
| 1137 |
Louis VII (France) |
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| 1138 |
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Civil War
Battle of the Standard
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| 1141 |
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Battle of Lincoln |
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| 1147 |
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Second Crusade (St. Bernard) |
Roche Abbey |
| 1153 |
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Treaty of Wallingford |
Kirkstall Abbey, 1152 |
| 1154 |
Henry II (Plantagenet) m. Eleanor of Aquitaine |
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Ripon Minster, 1154-81 |
| 1162 |
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Becket, Archbishop |
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| 1166 |
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Conquest of Ireland |
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| 1170 |
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Murder of Becket |
Jervaulx Abbey |
| 1180 |
Philip Augustus (France) |
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Byland Abbey |
| 1187 |
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Saladin takes Jerusalem
The Third Crusade
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| 1189 |
Richard I, m. Beregaria of Navarre |
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| 1192 |
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Richard in captivity |
Lincoln Choir and Trancepts |
| 1199 |
John, m. Isabella of Angouleme |
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