1090s in England

Events from the 1090s in England.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – William II

Events

 * 1090
 * After buying the allegiance of several local barons, King William II takes control of eastern Normandy.
 * 1091
 * 2 February – William II invades western Normandy.
 * July – Malcolm III of Scotland invades England reaching as far as Durham.
 * 23 October – London Tornado of 1091: A T8/F4 tornado is recorded in London, which destroys London Bridge and badly damages St Mary-le-Bow church.
 * Treaty of Caen signed by King William II of England and his brother Robert II, Duke of Normandy, dividing Normandy between them.
 * William and Robert jointly invade Scotland. King Malcolm III submits.
 * 1092
 * May – William II annexes Cumbria from the Scottish Celtic kingdom of Strathclyde and builds Carlisle Castle.
 * 9 May – Lincoln Cathedral consecrated (made sacred).
 * 18 October – Walcher of Malvern correctly predicts the time of a lunar eclipse.
 * High tides cause great flooding in Britain.
 * 1093
 * 6 March – Frankish monk, philosopher and theologian Anselm is nominated as Archbishop of Canterbury; he is consecrated on 4 December.
 * 8 April – the new Winchester Cathedral, constructed by Bishop Walkelin, becomes operational.
 * 11 August – construction of Durham Cathedral begins.
 * 13 November – King Malcolm III of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Alnwick during an attempted invasion of England.
 * Durham Priory re-establishes a monastic house on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
 * Normans occupy southern Wales, constructing Cardiff and Pembroke Castles.
 * 1094
 * February – William II and Anselm quarrel about investiture and the overlordship of Church lands.
 * 19 March – William II unsuccessfully invades Normandy.
 * Welsh expel the Marcher Lords and destroy all Norman strongholds in Wales, except Pembroke Castle.
 * 1095
 * January – Robert de Mowbray, Earl of Northumberland, rebels. William II captures Newcastle upon Tyne and Bamburgh, ending the revolt.
 * 25 February – a council at Rockingham is held to resolve the dispute between Anselm and William II, but fails to do so.
 * May – Papal legate forces a reconciliation between William II and Anselm.
 * 1096
 * Teaching at what will become the University of Oxford is recorded.
 * King William II takes control of the Duchy of Normandy while his brother Robert II, Duke of Normandy is on the First Crusade.
 * Construction of Norwich Cathedral begun. Herbert de Losinga, first Bishop of Norwich, establishes a Benedictine priory at Norwich and, shortly afterwards, an episcopal grammar school, Norwich School.
 * 1097
 * October – Edgar Ætheling overthrows Donald III of Scotland and places his nephew Edgar on the Scottish throne.
 * 8 November – Anselm leaves England following disagreements with William II.
 * Construction of Westminster Hall.
 * 1098
 * June or July – in the Battle of Anglesey Sound, a fleet led by Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway, reverses an Anglo-Norman invasion of north Wales.
 * 1099
 * 11 November – flooding of Mount's Bay, Cornwall.

Births

 * 1095
 * Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (died 1177)
 * 1096
 * King Stephen of England (died 1154)

Deaths

 * 1092
 * 7 May – Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln
 * 1094
 * 21 November – Simeon, Abbot of Ely (born c. 994)
 * 1095
 * 19 January – Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester (born 1008)
 * 26 June – Robert the Lotharingian, Bishop of Hereford
 * 1096
 * 2 January – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and counsellor of William II
 * 1097
 * January/February – Odo, Earl of Kent (born c. 1030s in Normandy; died on First Crusade)
 * c. 1097/8 – Baldwin, Abbot of Bury St Edmunds and royal doctor
 * 1098
 * 3 January – Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester
 * 1099
 * 3 December – Saint Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury and Lord Chancellor