Tag: Battle of Hastings
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Happy Hastings Day
Today is Hastings Day. The Battle of Hastings, arguably the most decisive battle in world history, was fought 955 years ago today, on October 14, 1066. Here’s the annual celebratory post: I promised my brother, the historian, that I would celebrate it appropriately. According to him, and he knows these things, it was long the […]
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Hastings Day!
“On this day in 1066, King Harold II died valiantly defending our Saxon rights.” Today is Hastings Day. The Battle of Hastings, arguably the most decisive battle in world history, was fought 953 years ago today, on October 14, 1066. I promised my brother, the historian, several years ago that I would celebrate it appropriately. […]
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