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| 1  | 1017  | - 1017—1035: ROYAL: Canute the Dane, Ruler of England.Dane -  By conquest and election. Gave Wessex to Edmund, married Emma.
 
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| 2  | 1023  | - 1023—1023: HISTORY: First paper money printed in China..
 
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| 3  | 1028  | - 25 Dec 1028—9 Sep 1087: ROYAL: William I the Conqueror, Ruler of England.Norman -  Second cousin to Edward the Confessor, by conquest. Defeated Harold at Hastings.
 
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| 4  | 1036  | - 1036—1040: ROYAL: Harald I, Harefoot, Ruler of England.Dane -  Natural son of Canute.
 
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| 5  | 1040  | - 1040—1042: ROYAL: Hardecanute, Ruler of England.Dane -  Son of Canute by Emma, Danish King.
 
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| 6  | 1042  | - 1042—1066: ROYAL: Edward the Confessor, Ruler of England.Saxon -  Son of Ethelred II (Canonized 1161).
 
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| 7  | 1045  | - 1045—1045: HISTORY: Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China..
 
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| 8  | 1050  | - 1050—1050: HISTORY: Crossbow invented in France..
 
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