960 years ago today, in the first battle of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, in the Battle of Hastings

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960 years ago today, in the first battle of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, in the Battle of Hastings

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Battle of Hastings - Wikipedia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54012484

Harold had defeated Norwegian King Harald Hardrada only a few weeks earlier.

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