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1020s in England

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Events from the 1020s in England.

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Canute

Events

  • 1020
    • Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.
    • Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • 1021
  • 1022
  • 1023
    • Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.
    • Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.
  • 1024
  • 1025
    • King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.
  • 1026
    • The Battle of the Helgeå is fought off the coast of Sweden: naval forces of Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.
  • 1027
    • Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome where at Easter (26 March) he attends the coronation of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • Cnut invades the Kingdom of Scotland, forcing Malcolm II to pay homage.
    • Approximate date – Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
  • 1028
    • Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.
  • 1029

Births

  • 1022
    • King Harold Godwinson (died 1066)
  • 1026
    • Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died 1066)
  • 1027/28
    • King William I of England (died 1087)

Deaths

  • 1020
    • 12 June – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • 1023
    • 28 May – Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York

References

References

  1. Dated 1025 by the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' which gives victory to Sweden.
  2. Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
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