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940 years ago today

PostPosted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:05 am
by Hagar
14th October, 1066. Battle of Hastings. Probably the most famous date in English history.

[quote]To mark the Battle of Hastings

Re: 940 years ago today

PostPosted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:19 pm
by Woodlouse2002
940 years and counting. Not a bad run for a nation by any standards. ;D

Re: 940 years ago today

PostPosted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:39 pm
by Fozzer
Further reading, with illustrations...>>>

http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/?CFID= ... N=13111881

Paul... 8)...!

Re: 940 years ago today

PostPosted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:24 pm
by WebbPA
Every schoolboy remembers the year - the day being modified by the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in (England) 1752.

Re: 940 years ago today

PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:46 am
by eniranjanrao
If as a school student you did not know it you would have earned the wrath of history teacher even in India. ;D