<span><span>Jan 6 King Harald of England crowned </span><span>Mar 23 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet </span><span>Apr 24 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed </span><span>Sep 20 Battle of Fulford, Yorkshire: Harald III Hardrada of Norway defeats Northern Saxon Earls Edwin and Morcar </span><span>Sep 25 Battle of Stamford Bridge; English army under King Harold Godwinson defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold's brother Tostig, who were both killed </span><span>Sep 27 William the Conqueror's troops set sail for England </span><span>Sep 28 William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex </span><span>Oct 14 Battle of Hastings, Duke William of Normandy and the Norman army defeat English forces of Harold II </span><span>Dec 25 Duke William of Normandy ('William the Conqueror) crowned King of England
