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Bayeux Tapestry. c1104. 70 meter illustration of Norman Conquest of England.
Norman Conquest. 1066. Brought Norman laws, customs, feudal system to England. Hastings.
William I. The Conqueror. c1027-87. Norman conquest of England, 1066. Defeated Harold II at Hastings. Ordered Domesday Survey 1085. Built Tower of London 1086. Imported feudal system.
Abbeville Treaty. 1258. England returns Normandy to France.
Albania. Balkans. 3-5C Visigoth, Huns invade. 6-7C Bulgars, Serbs, Slavs invade.12-15C Bulgar, Norman, Angevin, Serb, Venice contest.15C Ottoman. 1912 Independent republic. 1928 Monarchy (Zog). 1939 Italy occupies. 1945 Communist (Hoxha). 1961 Left Warsaw Pact. 1991 Democratic Constitution.
Arnulf. c850-99. Last Carolingian Holy Roman Emperor. Defeated Normans. Captured Rome.
Borlaug, Norman. 1914-. US wheat scientist responsible for Green Revolution.
Channel Islands. 911 Norman. 1066 England. Autonomous British crown possession.
D-Day. June 6, 1944. Normandy Landing.
Edward the Confessor, St. c1003-66. Anglo Saxon king 1041-. Founded Westminster Abbey. Conquered Wales. Died without heir, prompting Norman Invasion.
England. c1800BC Beaker folk. 8C BC Celt. 150BC Belgae. 55BC-407 Rome. 5C Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. 9C Dane(N,E). 10C A-S/Dane. 1042 Anglo-Saxon. 1066 Norman. 1204 -Normandy. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Plantagenet. 1113-51. Count of Anjou. Conquered Normandy for his son Henry II.
Green Revolution. 20C. Increased food production in developing countries based on new plant breeds. Borlaug.
Hastings, Battle. 1066. William defeats Harold II, conquers England for Normandy.
Henry I. 1069-1135. King of England 1100-. Regained Normandy for England 1106. Defined yard 1101.
John. Lackland. 1167-1216. King of England 1199-. Lost Normandy. Forced to sign Magna Carta 1215. Excommunicated 1209. Lost Anjou.
Mailer, Norman. 1923-2007. US writer. Naked and the Dead 1948. Executioner’s Song 1979. Harlot’s Ghost 1991.
Messina. 730BC Greek. 396BC Carthage. 264BC Independent. 535 Byzantine. 843 Saracens sack. 1061 Norman...«Sicily.
Naples. 758BC settled. 326BC Rome. 1072 Norman. 1130 +Sicily. 1282 -Sicily. 1443 +Sicily under Aragon= Two Sicilies. 1799-1806 Parthenopean Republic. 1861 Italy.
Normandy. Rome. 911 Norse(Rollo). 1066 + England. 1204 French. 1420 English. 1450 French.
Normandy Invasion. 1944. Eisenhower’s D-Day assault of Allies on German-occupied France. WWII turning point.
Normans. 9C. Norsemen who settled in northern France, Sicily, Naples, Albania, Thessaloniki.
Overlord, Operation. = Normandy Invasion.
Philip I. 1052-1108. French king 1060-. Recovered Normandy for France.
Pont Notre-Dame. Originally the Great Bridge in Roman Paris. Rebuilt in 1413 by Normans. First numbered houses in Paris.