1030s in England

Incumbents

• Monarch – Canute, Harold I

Events

• * King Cnut invades Scotland and forces the submission of Malcolm II of Scotland.1032103310341035
• * 12 November – King Cnut the Great dies. Harold Harefoot becomes regent of England on behalf of his half-brother Harthacnut who is in Denmark.1036
• * Council of Oxford declares Harold regent for Harthacnut.
• * Harold seizes the royal treasury from dowager Queen Emma of Normandy.
• * c. 5 February – Godwin, Earl of Wessex, kills Alfred Aetheling when the latter launches an unsuccessful attempt to restore the Anglo-Saxon House of Wessex.1037
• * Harold recognised as King of England in his own right.
• * Harold exiles Emma to Bruges.1038
• *Eadsige enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.1039
• * Unsuccessful English invasion of Wales.

Births

• 1033
• *Anselm of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1035
• * Hereward the Wake, rebel

Deaths

• 1035
• * 12 November – King Canute the Great
• 1036
• * c. 5 February – Alfred Aetheling, Anglo-Saxon prince
• 1038
• * 29 October – Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury