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| 1 | 950 | - 950—999: ROYAL: .Mieczyslaw I becomes first ruler of Poland (960). Eric the Red establishes first Viking colony in Greenland (982). Hugh Capet elected King of France in 987; Capetian dynasty to rule until 1328. Musical notation systematized (c. 990). Vikings and Danes attack Britain (988n999). Otto I crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John XII (962).
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| 2 | 975 | - 975—975: ROYAL: .Edward the Martyr. Ruler of England - Saxon - Eldest son of Edgar, murdered by stepmother.
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| 3 | 0978 | - 0978—1016: ROYAL: Ethelred II the Unready, Ruler of England.Saxon - 2nd son of Edgar, half-brother of Edward, married Emma of Normandy.
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| 4 | 1016 | - 1016—1017: ROYAL: Edmund II Ironside, Ruler of England.Saxon - Eldest son of Ethelred II, King of London.
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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 1023 | - 1023—1023: HISTORY: First paper money printed in China..
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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 1036 | - 1036—1040: ROYAL: Harald I, Harefoot, Ruler of England.Dane - Natural son of Canute.
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| 9 | 1040 | - 1040—1042: ROYAL: Hardecanute, Ruler of England.Dane - Son of Canute by Emma, Danish King.
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| 10 | 1042 | - 1042—1066: ROYAL: Edward the Confessor, Ruler of England.Saxon - Son of Ethelred II (Canonized 1161).
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| 11 | 1045 | - 1045—1045: HISTORY: Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China..
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| 12 | 1050 | - 1050—1050: HISTORY: Crossbow invented in France..
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| 13 | 1066 | - 1066—1066: ROYAL: Harold II, Ruler of England .Saxon - Edward's brother-in-law, last Saxon King.
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| 14 | 1087 | - 26 Sep 1087—2 Aug 1100: ROYAL: William II (Rufus), Ruler of England.Norman - 3rd son of William I, accidentally killed by arrow while hunting.
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| 15 | 1096 | - 1096—1099: WAR: First Crusade.A military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective--the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule.[more]
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| 16 | 1100 | - 5 Aug 1100—1 Dec 1135: ROYAL: Henry I Beauclerc, Ruler of England.Norman - Youngest son of William I.
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| 17 | 1135 | - 22 Dec 1135—25 Oct 1154: ROYAL: Stephen, Ruler of England.Norman - Son of Adela, daughter of William I, and Count of Blois.
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1067 - 1137 (70 years)
