Threatened invasion from Denmark aborted after a rebellion there.
25 December - William commissions the Domesday Book.
1086
1 August - Domesday Book is presented to William at Old Sarum.
1087
9 September - William I dies at Rouen while on campaign in northern France; his first son Robert succeeds him as Robert II, Duke of Normandy whilst his second son succeeds him on the English throne as William II of England.
25 December - Odo of Bayeux re-instated as Earl of Kent.
An early fire of London destroys much of the city including St Paul's Cathedral.
1088
April - Odo of Bayeux leads the Rebellion of 1088 against his nephew William II. The church of Gloucester Abbey is among the places laid waste in the rebellion.
July - William defeats the rebels, and exiles Odo to Normandy.
Construction of the White Tower of the Tower of London probably largely completed.
