some weeks later at Berkhamsted. Late October or early December – Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury, submits to William at Wallingford. 25 December – coronation of William I of England in Westminster Abbey. 1067 December – William suppresses a revolt in Exeter and begins construction of Rougemont Castle there. Edgar Ætheling flees to Scotland with his family. Construction of Winchester Castle. 1068 Morcar leads a revolt in Northumbria, but William defeats the rebels at York. William orders the construction of new castles at Warwick, Nottingham, Lincoln, Huntingdon, Cambridge and York. 1069 28 January – Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl of Northumbria, Robert de Comines, at Durham and attack York. King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the Northumbrian rebels and they join him to burn York, attacking its two castles and destroying the old Minster. At Stafford, William swiftly defeats a rebellion led by Edwin, Earl of Mercia. Winter of 1069–1070 – Harrying of the North: William quells rebellions against his rule, campaigning through the north of England with his forces, burning houses, crops, cattle and land from York to Durham, resulting in the deaths of over 100,000 people, mainly from starvation and winter cold. Births 1064 Robert Fitz Richard, landowner (died 1136) 1068 Henry I of England (died 1135) Deaths 1062 Approximate date – Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia 1066 5 January – King Edward the Confessor (born c. 1004) 25 September (at the Battle of Stamford Bridge) – Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (born c. 1026) 14 October (at the Battle of Hastings) Harold Godwinson (King Harold II) (born c. 1022) Leofwine Godwinson, brother of King Harold (born c. 1035) Gyrth Godwinson, brother of King Harold (born c. 1032) 1067 Possible date – Lady Godiva (Godgifu), noblewoman, landowner and benefactress (born by c. 1010) 1069 11 September – Ealdred, Archbishop of York References Map of England in 1065 AD