Events from 1016

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1016 ID: 2568
Cnut becomes King of England - defeats Edmund Ironside, begins Danish dynasty, marries Aethelred's widow Emma of Normandy (1017)
ID: 2568
London
1016 ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
London
1016 ID: 5832
Cnut replaces ealdormen with earls - Danish term 'jarl' becomes 'earl', fewer but more powerful than old ealdormen, govern multiple shires
ID: 5832
London
1016 ID: 5880
April 23, 1016
Death of Aethelred leaves Emma vulnerable - widow with young sons, Edmund Ironside becomes king briefly
ID: 5880
London