The year of 1066 wasn’t merely significant in British history because of the Battle of Hastings. The year marked the end of Viking terror on the British Isles, as King Harold II scored a decisive victory over the potential Norwegian usurper, Harald Hardrada.
Harold’s battered, bruised and ultimately exhausted army subsequently succumbed to the Normans at Hastings, with William the Conqueror’s successful invasion perhaps inspiring WWE’s ’Money in the Bank’ concept.
