Battle of Hastings – dr richard stemp

286 – 14 October 1066: The death of Harold?

Scene 57, The Bayeux Tapestry, 1070s. Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux. The Battle of Hastings happened on today’s date, 14th October 1066, so I could say that it happened exactly 960 years ago. However, the calendar has changed: in the UK we moved from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, whenContinue reading “286 – 14 October 1066: The death of Harold?”