1002	massacre of all Danes in England - ordered by Aethelred
1035	the death of Knutr the Great
1066 September	the battle of Stamford Bridge (Yorkshire)
1066 October	the battle of Hastings - Harold II killed, Wilhelm I the Conqueror becomes the king
1086	the Domesday Book : statistic, social and economic survey
1144	Plantagenets take over Normandy
1155	Henry II coronated as first of Plantagenets
Plantagenet "Empire"	permanent system of justice with regular courts, professional judges, established procedures
1170	murder of Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1215	Magna Carta - 63 articles on all aspects of feudal dues