Medieval and Middle Ages History Timelines - Key Date Eleveth and Twelfth Century

Year	Kings and Queens	Famous People	Events	Buildings
1016	Knut
1027		William the Conqueror born	Knut's pilgrimage to Rome
1031	Henry I (France)
1042	Edward the Confessor	Godwin, Earl of Wessex
1060	Phillip I (France)
1065				Westminster Abbey Dedication
1066	William the Conqueror, m. Matlida of Flanders	Harold Godwinson (killed at Hastings) Lanfranc, Archbishop, 1070 Hereward the Wake	Battle of Stamford Bridge Battle of Hastings Rebellion at Exeter, 1068 Waste of the North, 1069-70 Rebellion at Ely, 1071	Tower of London Battle Abbey, 1067 St. Albans Transepts and Nave, 1077-93 Colchester Castle
1080				Ely Cathedral begun, 1083
1085			Domesday Book
1087	William Rufus	Anslem, Archbishop, 1093	First Crusade, 1096, founded Christian kingdom at Jerusalem in 1099	Tewkesbury Abbey, 1087-1123 Durham Nave, 1093-1128 Norwich Cathedral, 1096-1119 Canterbury Choir, 1096 Westminster Hall, 1099
1096			The People's Crusade The First Crusade
1100	Henry I, m. Matilda of Scotland
1106			Battle of Tenchebrai and Conquest of Normandy
1108	Louis VI (France)
1116			War with France, 1116-19
1117				Peterborough Nave, 1117-94
1119			Knights Templar in Jerusalem
1120			Loss of the White Ship
1130				Rochester Castle Hedingham Castle
1135	Stephen, m. Maude of Boulogne			Fountains Abbey Nave, 1135-45
1137	Louis VII (France)
1138			Civil War Battle of the Standard
1141			Battle of Lincoln
1147			Second Crusade (St. Bernard)	Roche Abbey
1153			Treaty of Wallingford	Kirkstall Abbey, 1152
1154	Henry II (Plantagenet) m. Eleanor of Aquitaine			Ripon Minster, 1154-81
1162		Becket, Archbishop
1166			Conquest of Ireland
1170			Murder of Becket	Jervaulx Abbey
1180	Philip Augustus (France)			Byland Abbey
1187			Saladin takes Jerusalem The Third Crusade
1189	Richard I, m. Beregaria of Navarre
1192			Richard in captivity	Lincoln Choir and Trancepts
1199	John, m. Isabella of Angouleme
1200	John - Phillip Augustus			Ely Galilee, 1198-1215 Peterborough, west front, 1201-14

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