Events from the 1020s in England.

Incumbents

Events

* 1020 ** Rotunda of

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constructed. ** Aethelnoth enthroned as

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

. * 1021 * 1022 * 1023 ** Siward, a

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, appointed Earl of Northumbria. ** Archbishop

Wulfstan II of York Wulfstan (sometimes Wulfstan II or Lupus;Wormald "Wulfstan" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' died 28 May 1023) was an English Bishop of London, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York. He is thought to have begun his ecclesiast ...

writes ''Homilies''. * 1024 * 1025 ** King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor

Constantine VIII Constantine VIII Porphyrogenitus ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Πορφυρογέννητος, ''Kōnstantinos Porphyrogénnetos''; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was ''de jure'' Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the young ...

. * 1026 ** The

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is fought off the coast of

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: naval forces of Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.Dated 1025 by the ''

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'' which gives victory to Sweden. * 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 Homage (Old English) or Hommage (French) may refer to: History *Homage (feudal) /ˈhɒmɪdʒ/, the medieval oath of allegiance *Commendation ceremony, medieval homage ceremony Arts *Homage (arts) /oʊˈmɑʒ/, an allusion or imitation by one arti ...

. ** Approximate date –

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succeeds

Lyfing Lyfing (from ''leof'', meaning "darling") is an Anglo-Saxon given name. Notable people bearing this name include: * Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1020), advisor to King Ethelred the Unready * Lyfing of Winchester (died 1047), adviso ...

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. * 1028 ** Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England. * 1029

Births

* 1022 ** King Harold Godwinson (died

1066 1066 (Roman numerals, MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events Worldwide * March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. Its appearance is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry. Asia * ''un ...

) * 1026 ** Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died

) * 1027/28 ** King William I of England (died

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)

Deaths

* 1020 ** 12 June – Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury * 1023 ** 28 May –

Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York Wulfstan (sometimes Wulfstan II or Lupus;Wormald "Wulfstan" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' died 28 May 1023) was an English Bishop of London, Bishop of Worcester, and Archbishop of York. He is thought to have begun his ecclesiast ...

References

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