Historical place archive

St Valery in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Valery in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1066–1066

Historical events in St Valery

1066

August 1066
Invasion of England
William I the Conqueror · Norman Invasion Wars

Moves his fleet from Dives to St Valery at the mouth of the River Somme

27 September 1066
Invasion of England
William I the Conqueror · Norman Invasion Wars

The invasion force sets sail, William leads the fleet out of the harbour in the Mora

Provenance

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