1011—1012: Viking seige of Canterbury A large Viking army led by Thorkell the Tall besieged Canterbury in 1011, culminating in the pillage of the city and the eventual murder of Archbishop Alphege, on 19 April 1012
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1066
28 Sep 1066: Norman Conquest William the Conqueror's invasion force of thousands of men and hundreds of ships landed at Pevensey in Sussex in southern England and the conquest of England begins.
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1085
1085—1086: Domesday Domesday book compiled by William the Conqueror and being a survey of all the lands of England with names of all respective tenants-in-chief and their sub-tenants.