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 : anniversaries@lemmy.ml

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)

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Harold had defeated Norwegian King Harald Hardrada only a few weeks earlier.

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[–] Godric@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

When did we stop doing badass bynames?

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[–] 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

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