Simviation Forum - Willie goes sailing

Sep 28^th, 2004 at 10:36am

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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR INVADES ENGLAND:
September 28, 1066

Claiming his right to the English throne, William, duke of Normandy, invades England at Pevensey on Britain's southeast coast. His subsequent defeat of King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings marked the beginning of a new era in British history.

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Reply #1 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 10:43am

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Thanks Felix. This makes me wonder why I didn't know the exact date without looking it up & why it's not celebrated in my country. Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 10:44am

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Thanks Felix. This makes me wonder why I didn't know the exact date without looking it up & why it's not celebrated in my country. Roll Eyes

Celebrate the bloody French invading Britain? Surely you jest!

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Reply #3 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 10:49am

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Celebrate the bloody French invading Britain? Surely you jest!

Careful, it's my ancestors we're talking about. Tongue

I would have thought this date is just as important as July 4th or Thanksgiving in the US. Maybe not.

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Reply #4 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 1:34pm

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Celebrate the bloody French invading Britain? Surely you jest!

Actually they were Normans. And closer to being Viking than French. Tongue

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Reply #5 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 2:04pm

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Actually they were Normans. And closer to being Viking than French. Tongue

And since when do I let the facts stand in the way of a comment?

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Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 2:23pm

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And since when do I let the facts stand in the way of a comment?

In my experience never. But we can't have some of those less educated here go thinking that France ever invaded England. Grin

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2004 at 2:26pm