Events from the 1020s in England.
Incumbents Monarch – Canute
Events 1020 Rotunda of Bury St Edmunds Abbey constructed. Aethelnoth enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1021 1022 1023 Siward, a Dane, appointed Earl of Northumbria. Archbishop Wulfstan II of York writes Homilies. 1024 1025 King Cnut forms an alliance with Byzantine emperor Constantine VIII. 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.Dated 1025 by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which gives victory to Sweden. 1027 Cnut negotiates a tax-free route for English pilgrims to Rome 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. Approximate date – Ealdred succeeds Lyfing as Abbot of Tavistock. 1028 Cnut becomes King of Norway in addition to King of Denmark and England. 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
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