| Time line of Key Dates | Time line of William the Conqueror - Key events
Years of Reign
1066-1087 |
| 1028 | William the Conqueror was born in 1028 - his exact date of birth is unknown. He was the bastard son of Robert I the Duke of Normandy |
| 1035 | William the Bastard became Duke of Normandy at the age of only seven years old |
| 1051 | William said that King Edward the Confessor had promised that William should succeed him as king of England. |
| 1052 | 1052: Married Matilda of Flanders. William and Matilda had six daughters and four sons |
| 1066 | January 4th 1066: The Death of Edward the Confessor |
| January 6th 1066: Harold Earl of Wessex crowned King of England |
| April 1066: Halley's Comet |
| Spring 1066: Norman mission to Rome to seek Papal support for the Norman Invasion |
| July 1066: William prepares his fleet for the English invasion at the River Dives in Normandy |
| September 27th 1066: Duke William sets sail for England - The Norman Invasion begins |
| September 28th 1066: Duke William lands at Pevensey, on the South coast of England. The Norman Invasion |
| September 29th 1066: Duke William occupies Hastings, on the South coast of England |
| October 1st 1066: Harold , celebrating his victory over the Vikings at York, receives news of the Norman invasion |
| October 1st 1066: Harold marches his army back from the North of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman Invasion! |
| October 6th 1066: King Harold arrives in London |
| October 1066 The English Army prepare their defences at Senlac |
| Friday 13th of October 1066: Negotiations between the Normans and Saxons - William demands that King Harold either resigns his royalty in favor of William, refers it to the arbitration of the Pope or let it be determined by the issue of a single combat. King Harold declines |
| Saturday 14th of October 1066: The Normans and the Saxons fight the Battle of Hastings. The wounded King Harold was killed and his body mutilated by the Normans. William had won the Battle of Hastings - he was the Conqueror |
| December 25th 1066: William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in London |
| 1067 | Quashed a rebellion led by King Harold's mother Gytha |
| 1068 | King William exacted a terrible punishment on the rebels in the North of England referred to as 'The Harrying of the North'
Matilda is crowned Queen of England |
| 1071 | Quashed a rebellion led by Hereward the Wake |
| 1073 | The Building of Norman castles in England including the Tower of London |
| 1086 | Compilation of the Doomsday book |
| 1087 | 1087 9th September: King William I died at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France. Also see the Bayeux Tapestry |
| Time line of Key Dates | Time line of William the Conqueror - Key events
Years of Reign
1066-1087 |
