History
1035
General
Population: 271 Million*
- Deaths: Viking king of England, Norway, and Denmark Canute, Sancho the king of Navarre, Robert of Normandy
Africa
- North: End of reign of Fatmid caliph al Zahir ends – decline of Fatmid power
Europe
- General: Death of Canute, Viking king of England - tried to prove humility by refusing crown after showing he was still wet after ordering the sea back
Kingdom divided among sons Harold (illegitimate) gets England,
Swyen gets Norway, and Hardicanute gets Denmark
- Denmark: Hardicanute rules to 1042
- England: Harold harefoot rules to 1040 usurping throne from Harthacanute
Godwin earl of Wessex unites with Emma of Normandy - he serves as virtual viceroy of England
- France: Death of Robert of Normandy on way home from pilgrimage - William (the Conqueror) rules to 1087
- Norway: Swyen rules
- Spanish States: Death of Sancho King of Navarre
Ferdinand I of Castile reigns
Start of Spain's kingdom of Aragon