- Source: 1020s in England
Events from the 1020s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch – Canute
Events
1020
Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.
Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
1021
1022
1023
Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.
Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.
1024
1025
King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.
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.
1027
Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome 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.
Approximate date – Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
1028
Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 1020s in England
- 1020s
- 1550s in England
- 1560s in England
- 2024 in England
- Cnut
- Eiríkr Hákonarson
- 10th century in England
- William the Conqueror
- 1520s in England
