Timeline Wednesday 8 June 1042

Events on Wednesday 8 June 1042 2

• 1018 – 1042 Harthacnut (1018-1042) Died 8 June 1042, aged 24 Harthacnut, King of England and Denmark, collapsed and died while drinking at a wedding feast in Lambeth. His death without an heir ended Danish rule in England and opened the way for Edward the Confessor's accession.
• 1042 Edward the Confessor becomes King of England Accession ends Danish rule, restores the House of Wessex Following the death of Harthacnut, the English nobility proclaimed Edward, son of Æthelred the Unready, as king. His accession ended nearly three decades of Danish rule in England and restored the native West Saxon royal line. Edward would reign until 1066, and his death without an heir triggered the Norman Conquest.