If I were in charge of holidays...
...then I would definitely designate today as Happy England-Not-Being-Overrun-By-Vikings Day.
For those of you scratching your heads in confusion: on this day in 1066, Harold Godwinson of England defeated Harald (Sigurdsson) Hardrada of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. He didn't get to enjoy the victory very long as, about three weeks later, he too was defeated and killed by William the Conqueror, kicking off the Norman conquest of England.
But if that first battle had gone the other way, it's possible (likely, really) that the world as we know it would be very different.
For those of you scratching your heads in confusion: on this day in 1066, Harold Godwinson of England defeated Harald (Sigurdsson) Hardrada of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. He didn't get to enjoy the victory very long as, about three weeks later, he too was defeated and killed by William the Conqueror, kicking off the Norman conquest of England.
But if that first battle had gone the other way, it's possible (likely, really) that the world as we know it would be very different.
posted by Matt at
9:59 AM
1 Comments:
I don't believe you.
I seriously doubt you're happy that England WASN'T overrun by Vikings.
;)
-Flynn
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