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•January 1066: Edward the Confessor dies
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Tostig makes an abortive attempt to invade England.
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8th September, Harold has to disband the fyrd and let it go home to harvest its crops
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•20th September 1066: After sailing up the Ouse with more than 10,000 men in 200 longships, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeat the hastily assembled forces of Earls Edwin & Morcar at Fulford outside York.
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•25th September 1066: Harold responds by scraping together a scratch force made up largely of his own housecarls and personal followers, and racing north, calling up the shire levies as he passes through
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It changes 2 days after Stamford Bridge, and William's fleet makes landfall at Pevensey completely unopposed
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•1st October 1066: While at York, Harold learns of William's landing.
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By 12th October, harold is back in London and gathering what forces he could to face William.
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•14th October 1066: Harold takes up a position blocking the Norman advance to London on Senlac Ridge at the site of Battle with an army of little more than 5,000 weary and footsore men.
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•Late in the day, Harold takes an arrow in the eye and as his men mill around him, four Norman knights break through and hack him down.
