25 December 1066
Coronation Fire
Norman guards mistake the coronation acclamation for an attack and set nearby buildings on fire outside Westminster Abbey.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Westminster in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Norman guards mistake the coronation acclamation for an attack and set nearby buildings on fire outside Westminster Abbey.
A disturbance outside Williams coronation causes Norman guards to set nearby buildings on fire
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