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1066
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In Roman numerals as MLXVI. After a 24-year reign, Edward the Confessor dies on January 5. Harold Godwinson becomes King Harold II. In September Harold fights off an invasion by Harald Hardrada of Norway in the North while William the Conqueror builds his invasion force down the South. On October 14 Harold is killed at the Battle of Hastings. Edgar AEtheling is proclaimed King of England (never crowned) but soon concedes and on Christmas Day King William I is the first of the Norman Kings. Halley's Comet appeared and can be seen in the Bayeux Tapestry.
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