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  3. BATTLE OF HASTINGS
  4. 1066
  5.  
  6. The decisive battle fought just north of the town of Hastings when the
  7. invading Normans under Duke William, fought and defeated the Saxons under
  8. Harold. Harold was killed, the English routed and the Norman Conquest
  9. established William as William I, King of England.
  10.