20 October 1066 · Europe
Battle of Hastings
In 1066, near the place later called Battle in southern England, the household troops of Harold Godwinson met the army William of Normandy had brought across the Channel. The fight belongs to the succession crisis that followed the death of Edward the Confessor.
Commanders
- William I of England · General
- Harold Godwinson · Warrior
- Date
- 20 October 1066
- Place
- Battle · United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe