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Mar 29, 1028
Birth
William the Conqueror was born the bastard son of Robert I the Duke of Normandy -
Feb 16, 1035
Duke
William the Bastard became Duke of Normandy at the age of seven years old -
Jun 27, 1051
Negotiation With King Edward
William insists that King Edward the Confessor had promised that William should succeed him as king of England. -
Dec 31, 1052
Marriage
William marries Matilda of Flanders. William and Matilda had six daughters and four sons -
Jan 4, 1066
Edward the Confessor
January 4: The Death of Edward the Confessor -
Jan 6, 1066
Harold Earl of Wessex
Harold Earl of Wessex crowned King of England -
Sep 27, 1066
Sailing to England
Duke William sets sail for England - The Norman Invasion begins -
Sep 28, 1066
Pevensey
Duke William lands at Pevensey, on the South coast of England. The Norman Invasion -
Sep 29, 1066
Duke William
Duke William occupies Hastings, on the South coast of England -
Oct 1, 1066
Victory
Harold , celebrating his victory over the Vikings at York, receives news of the Norman invasion -
Oct 1, 1066
Norman Invasion
Harold marches his army back from the North of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman Invasion! -
Oct 6, 1066
King Harold
King Harold arrives in London -
Oct 9, 1066
Senlac
The English Army prepare their defences at Senlac -
Oct 13, 1066
Normans and Saxons
Negotiations between the Normans and Saxons - William demands that King Harold either resigns his royalty in favor of William, refers it to the arbitration of the Pope or let it be determined by the issue of a single combat. King Harold declines -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
The Normans and the Saxons fight the Battle of Hastings. The wounded King Harold was killed and his body mutilated by the Normans. William had won the Battle of Hastings - he was the Conqueror -
Dec 25, 1066
King of England
William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in London -
Apr 8, 1067
Harolds mom
Quashed a rebellion led by King Harold's mother Gytha -
Jun 12, 1068
'The Harrying of the North'
King William exacted a terrible punishment on the rebels in the North of England referred to as 'The Harrying of the North'
Matilda is crowned Queen of England -
Nov 20, 1071
Hereward the Wake
Quashed a rebellion led by Hereward the Wake -
Jul 8, 1073
Tower of London
The Building of Norman castles in England including the Tower of London -
Sep 9, 1087
Death
King William I died at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France
