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When was England's king HaroldII Defeated?

William and his army were on England soil on September 28, 1066.

On October [blank_start]13[blank_end], Harold arrived near [blank_start]Hastings[blank_end] with his army, and the next day, October [blank_start]14[blank_end], [blank_start]William[blank_end] led his forces out to [blank_start]battle[blank_end], which ended in a decisive [blank_start]victory[blank_end] against [blank_start]Harold’s[blank_end] men.

Harold was [blank_start]killed[blank_end]–shot in the [blank_start]eye[blank_end] with an [blank_start]arrow[blank_end]

After his victory at the Battle of [blank_start]Hastings[blank_end], [blank_start]William[blank_end] marched on [blank_start]London[blank_end] and received the [blank_start]city’s submission[blank_end]. On [blank_start]Christmas Day[blank_end] of 1066, he was [blank_start]crowned[blank_end] the first [blank_start]Norman[blank_end] king of England, in [blank_start]Westminster Abbey[blank_end], and the [blank_start]Anglo-Saxon[blank_end] phase of English history came to an [blank_start]end.[blank_end]

French became the language of the king’s court and gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue to give birth to modern Spanish

William spoke no English when he ascended the throne and failed to master it despite his efforts.

Thanks to the Norman [blank_start]invasion,[blank_end] French was spoken in England’s courts for [blank_start]centuries[blank_end] and completely [blank_start]transformed[blank_end] the [blank_start]English[blank_end] language, infusing it with new [blank_start]words[blank_end].

William I proved an effective king of England, and the “Domesday Book,” a great census of the lands and people of England, was among his notable achievements.

Upon the death of William I in 1077, his son, William Rufus (c.1056-1100), became William II, the second Norman king of England.