### Battle of Hastings **Date**: October 14, 1066 • **Location**: Hastings, United Kingdom This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1066. Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror's forces defeated the English army near Hastings and killed Harold Godwinson (event pictured), the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England. The Norman Conquest of England was an 11th-century invasion by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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