Part 40

1016. Battle of Ashdown, between Canute and Edmund.

1017. Danes under Canute conquer England.

1041. Danes expelled from England.

1066. England invaded by the Normans.

1066. Battle of Hastings, where Harold was slain, and William the Norman became king of England.

1074. The last Danish invasion of England, when they were bribed to depart.

1095. First Crusade--Jerusalem taken and re-taken.

1100. Jerusalem taken by Robert, duke of Normandy.

1147. Second Crusade.

1187. Jerusalem finally conquered by Saladin.

1189. Third Crusade--Siege of Acre.

1192. Battle of Ascalon, in Palestine.

1203. Fourth Crusade.

1204. Constantinople taken by the Latins.

1205. Zenghis Khan, till his death in 1227, gains various battles in Asia.

1215. Prussia subdued by the Mercian Knights.

1214. Battle of Bovines, 25 July.

1217. Battle of Lincoln, 19 May.

1218. The Fifth Crusade.

1219. Prussia revolted to Poland.

1261. Constantinople recovered by the Greeks.

1064. Battle of Lewis, 14 May.

1265. Battle of Evesham, 4 Aug.

1314. Battle of Bannockburn, 25 June.

1333. Battle of Halydown-Hill, 19 July.

1346. Battle of Cressy, 26 Aug.

Battle of Durham, when David, king of Scots, was taken prisoner, 17 Oct.

1347. Calais taken by the English, August 4.