1090s in England
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Events from the 1090s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch - William II
Events
- 1090
- 1091
- 2 February - William II invades western Normandy.[1]
- July - Malcolm III of Scotland invades England reaching as far as Durham.[2]
- 23 October - London Tornado of 1091: A T8/F4 tornado is recorded in London, which destroys London Bridge and badly damages St Mary-le-Bow church.
- Treaty of Caen signed by King William II of England and his brother Robert II, Duke of Normandy, dividing Normandy between them.[1]
- William and Robert jointly invade Scotland. King Malcolm III submits.[1]
- 1092
- May - William II annexes Cumbria from the Scottish Celtic kingdom of Strathclyde and builds Carlisle Castle.[3]
- 9 May - Lincoln Cathedral consecrated.[4]
- 18 October - Walcher of Malvern correctly predicts the time of a lunar eclipse.[1]
- High tides cause great flooding in Britain. The Kentish lands of Earl Godwin are inundated, becoming known as the Goodwin Sands.[5]
- 1093
- 6 March - The Frankish monk, philosopher and theologian Anselm is nominated as Archbishop of Canterbury;[2] he is consecrated on 4 December.
- 8 April - Construction of Winchester Cathedral by Bishop Walkelin is completed.
- 11 August - Construction of Durham Cathedral begins.[2]
- 13 November - King Malcolm III of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Alnwick during an attempted invasion of England.[1]
- Normans occupy southern Wales, constructing Cardiff and Pembroke Castles.[1]
- 1094
- February - William II and Anselm quarrel about investiture and the overlordship of Church lands.[1]
- 19 March - William II unsuccessfully invades Normandy.[1]
- Welsh expel the Marcher Lords and destroy all Norman strongholds in Wales, except Pembroke Castle.[1]
- 1095
- January - Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, rebels. William II captures Newcastle upon Tyne and Bamburgh, ending the revolt.[1]
- 25 February - A Council at Rockingham is held to resolve the dispute between Anselm and William II, but fails to do so.[6]
- May - Papal legate forces a reconciliation between William II and Anselm.[1]
- 1096
- Teaching at what will become the University of Oxford is recorded.[2]
- King William II takes control of the Duchy of Normandy while his brother Robert II, Duke of Normandy is on the First Crusade.[2]
- Construction of Norwich Cathedral begun.[1] Herbert de Losinga, first Bishop of Norwich, establishes a Benedictine priory at Norwich and, shortly afterwards, an episcopal grammar school, Norwich School.
- 1097
- October - Edgar Ætheling overthrows Donald III of Scotland and places his nephew Edgar on the Scottish throne.[6]
- 8 November - Anselm leaves England following disagreements with William II.[2]
- Construction of Westminster Hall.[1]
- 1098
- June or July - In the Battle of Anglesey Sound, a fleet led by Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, reverses an Anglo-Norman invasion of north Wales.[1]
- 1099
- 11 November - Flooding of Mount's Bay, Cornwall.[7]
Births
- 1095
- 1096
- King Stephen of England (died 1154)
Deaths
- 1092
- 7 May - Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln
- 1094
- 21 November - Simeon, Abbot of Ely (born c. 994)
- 1095
- 19 January - Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (born 1008)
- 26 June - Robert the Lotharingian, Bishop of Hereford
- 1096
- 2 January - William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and counsellor of William II
- 1097
- January/February - Odo, Earl of Kent (born c. 1030s in Normandy; died on First Crusade)
- c. 1097/8 - Baldwin, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds and royal doctor
- 1098
- 3 January - Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester
- 1099
- 3 December - Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor
References
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