1020s in England
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Events from the 1020s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Canute
Events
- 1020
- Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed.[1]
- Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 1021
- 1022
- 1023
- Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria.[1]
- Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies.[1]
- 1024
- 1025
- King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII.[2]
- 1026
- The Battle of the Helgeå is fought off the coast of Sweden: naval forces of Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.[1][3]
- 1027
- Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome[1] 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.[1]
- Approximate date - Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock.
- 1028
- Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England.[2]
- 1029
Births
- 1022
- King Harold Godwinson (died 1066)
- 1026
- Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (died 1066)
- 1027/28
- King William I of England (died 1087)
Deaths
- 1020
- 12 June - Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1023
- 28 May - Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York
