1020s in England

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.^[1]
  • Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1021
• 1022
• 1023
  • Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.^[1]
  • Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.^[1]
• 1024
• 1025
  • King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.^[2]
• 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.^[1][3]
• 1027
  • Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome^[1] 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.^[1]
  • Approximate date - Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
• 1028
  • Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.^[2]
• 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

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
3. Dated 1025 by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which gives victory to Sweden.

See also