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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Description: On 27 September 1066 William of Normandy's fleet landed unopposed at Pevensey on the south coast. On 14 October, at Hastings, he defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold and seized the English throne. He was crowned William I on Christmas Day 1066. |
| Creator: S. C. H. Atkinson (artist), John Augustus (engraver), Merigot (engraver). |
| Date: August 1811 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
