1030s in England

Events from the 1030s in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Canute (to 12 November 1035), Harold I

Events

• 1030
• 1031
• King Cnut invades Scotland and forces the submission of Malcolm II of Scotland.
• 1032
• 1033
• 1034
• 1035
• 12 November – King Cnut the Great dies. Harold Harefoot becomes regent of England on behalf of his half-brother Harthacnut who is in Denmark.
• 1036
• Council of Oxford declares Harold regent for Harthacnut.
• Harold seizes the royal treasury from dowager Queen Emma of Normandy.
• c. 5 February – Godwin, Earl of Wessex, kills Alfred Aetheling when the latter launches an unsuccessful attempt to restore the Anglo-Saxon House of Wessex.
• 1037
• Harold recognised as King of England in his own right.
• Harold exiles Emma to Bruges.
• 1038
• Eadsige enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1039
• Unsuccessful English invasion of Wales.

Births

• 1033
• Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1109)
• 1035
• Hereward the Wake, rebel

Deaths

• 1035
• 12 November – King Canute the Great (born c. 995, Denmark)
• 1036
• c. 5 February – Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince
• 1038
• 29 October – Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury

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