Despite a decisive victory over a Viking invasion just 3 weeks before, he lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066
The town is most famous for the Battle of Hastings between William, Duke of .... 
Less than three weeks earlier, at Stamford Bridge, he had defeated the army of 
..... a Viking invasion of the North of England with a decisive victory at the Battle of
... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066 [PAR] Nov 1, 2004 ...