1020s in England

Events from the 1020s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Canute

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ Dated 1025 by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle which gives victory to Sweden.

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