▲ 4 ▼ 960 years ago today, in the first battle of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror defeated the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, in the Battle of Hastings (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 3 weeks ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/anniversaries@lemmy.ml 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments Harold had defeated Norwegian King Harald Hardrada only a few weeks earlier.
[–] Godric@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child) When did we stop doing badass bynames? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) there are a fair number of living ones at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stage_names see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_people_by_epithet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) there are a fair number of living ones at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stage_names see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_people_by_epithet permalink fedilink source parent