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1069

Years:
1066 1067 1068 - 1069 - 1070 1071 1072
Decades:
1030s 1040s 1050s - 1060s - 1070s 1080s 1090s
Centuries:
10th century - 11th century - 12th century


Events

  • Harrying of the North- King William of England (William the Conqueror) reacts to rebellions made by his people against him. He rides through the north of England with his army and burns houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham. He kills over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and from the cold of that winter (no one had homes, they were burnt to ashes)
  • William the Conqueror founds the Norman Abbey of Selby

Births

  • I think William the Conqueror's sons or something

Deaths

  • Aldred, archbishop of York


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