Battle of Stamford Bridge
1066 · Event
Harold Godwinson crushes Harald Hardrada's Norwegian invasion in Yorkshire, days before the Norman landing in Sussex.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
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