Indeed it can be argued the country has never been independent since there is an arguable legitimate succession of states, systems and entities from the Norman Conquest, 1066.

The Zhou Dynasty was the longest-lasting dynasty in Chinese history, from 1066 BC to approximately 256 BC.

The European rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) prevalent in modern Britain is assumed to have been introduced from the continent after the Norman invasion of 1066.

In 1066, King Harald Hardråde of Norway invaded England, only to be defeated by Harold Godwinson, who in turn was defeated by William of Normandy, descendant of the Viking Rollo, who had accepted Normandy as a fief from the Frankish King.

* 1066 – Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings – In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.

Old English literature ( or Anglo-Saxon literature ) encompasses literature written in Old English ( also called Anglo-Saxon ) in Anglo-Saxon England, in the period from the 7th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066.

* 1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.

A later vita, written by Otloh of St. Emmeram ( 1062 – 1066 ), is based on Willibald's and a number of other vitae as well as the correspondence, and also includes information from local traditions.

In the west lay the three counties of Maine, Anjou and Touraine, and to the north of Blois was the Duchy of Normandy, from which Duke William had conquered England in 1066.

They were offered payment, the Danegeld, which lasted from 1012 to 1066 and stopped Viking raids for almost twenty years.

The period from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s until the Norman conquest of England in 1066 is commonly known as the Viking Age of Scandinavian history.

William I ( Old Norman: Williame I ; circa 1028 – 9 September 1087 ), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes as William the Bastard ( Guillaume le Bâtard ), was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

William gave generously to the church ; from 1035 to 1066, the Norman aristocracy founded at least 20 new monastic houses, including William's two monasteries in Caen, a remarkable expansion of religious life in the duchy.

William benefited in another way from his campaign in Brittany by securing the support of some Breton nobles who went on to support the invasion of England in 1066.

His seal from after 1066, of which 6 impressions still survive, stressed his role as king but separately mentioned his role as Duke, and was made for him after he conquered England.

Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October of that same year, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England.

Edward the Confessor, (; ; 1003 – 05 to 4 or 5 January 1066 ), son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 to 1066.

Harold Godwinson, from the most powerful family in England, claimed the throne shortly after Edward the Confessor died in January 1066.

The Norman forces advanced on London from the north-west eventually reaching Berkhampstead in late November 1066.

Although the first mention of the town appears in archives from the year 1066, some archeological digs seem to show the area as inhabited by as early as 2000 BC, most notably in the modern-day quartiers of Fives, Wazemmes, and Old Lille.

The period from 800 – 1066 saw significant expansion, and is referred to as the Viking age.

The period from 800 – 1066 AD is referred to in Norwegian history as the Viking age.

It purports to contain " all the history you can remember ", and, in fifty-two chapters, covers the history of England from Roman times through 1066 " and all that ", up to the end of World War I, at which time " America was thus clearly Top Nation, and history came to a.

Rollo's descendant William, Duke of Normandy, became king of England in 1066 in the Norman Conquest culminating at the Battle of Hastings, while retaining the fiefdom of Normandy for himself and his descendants.

In early January 1066, hearing that Harold had been crowned, Duke William II of Normandy began plans to invade by building 700 warships and transports at Dives-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast.

In 1066, his son Conan II, Duke of Brittany also died of unexplained causes.

The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II.

In 1066 one of these men, Duke William II of Normandy ( William the Conqueror ), mounted an invasion to conquer the rich Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England, pushing on into south Wales and northern England in the coming years.

William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066 and one of his first actions after landing was to build Hastings Castle to protect his supply routes.

On October 14, 1066, King Harold II of England was killed while leading his men in the Battle of Hastings against Duke William of Normandy.

In 1066, Duke William I of Normandy conquered England.

The Gesta Guillelmi is the earliest extended biography of any Duke of Normandy, and is undoubtedly an invaluable source for the events surrounding the Battle of Hastings in 1066, as well as the battle itself.

As William of Poitiers primarily details the life of Duke William there are few insights into how Anglo-Saxon society looked and functioned prior to 1066.

In or about 1049 Duke William took it from William Warlenc and bestowed it on his half-brother, Robert, thenceforth known as " count of Mortain ," whose vast possessions in England after the Conquest ( 1066 ) gave name to " the small fees of Mortain ," which owed less feudal service than others.

* William the Conqueror / Duke of Normandy, Conqueror of England in 1066

The Islands became subject to the Kingdom of England following the conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy in 1066.

In 1066, Duke William defeated Harold II of England at the Battle of Hastings and was subsequently crowned King of England, through the Norman Conquest of England, which started the consequential Normanisation.

Ancestors of this family may well have fought in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, when Duke William the Conqueror of Normandy defeated King Harold of England, making himself King of England, yet still only the Duke of Normandy.

First, he cites a William Louel as being listed on the Battle Abbey Roll ; a list of Norman supporters who attended the invasion of England at the side of the Duke of Normandy in 1066 and fought in the Battle of Hastings.

Their children were: Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy ( 1057 – 1093 ); Odo I, Duke of Burgundy ( 1058 – 1103 ); Robert, bishop of Langres ( 1059 – 1111 ); Helie, a nun ( b. 1061 ); Beatrice ( b. 1063 ), married Guy I, count of Vignory ; Reginald, abbot of St Pierre ( 1065 – 1092 ); Henry, Count of Portugal ( 1066 – 1112 ), who became a vassal of León and ruler of the county of Portugal in 1093-his son would be Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal

Conan II of Rennes ( c. 1033 – 11 December 1066 ) was Duke of Brittany, from 1040 to his death.

Pevensie takes perhaps after Pevensey, on the southeast coast of England, which is the site of a medieval castle that figures importantly in British history at several points — primarily, indeed, as the site where Duke William of Normandy ( William the Conqueror ) arrived in England during the Norman invasion in 1066 ; He would go on to become the King of the English after his decisive 1066 victory over Harold II Godwinson in the Battle of Hastings.