Brilliant thread this but with the OPs blessing would he mind people indulging themselves and doing a top 10 list as there are so many crucial events in history
Here's mine
Battle of Plataea
Agincourt
The day me Mam met me Dad
Thermopylae
Battle of Marathon
Battle of Towton
Execution of Anne Boleyn
Execution of King Charles 1st
Incident at Gleiwitz
Suicide of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun
The arrow in the eye is now being disputed, they say he was chopped down surrounded by his Housecarls towards the end of the battle and then badly defiled to such a degree that it took his bit on the side Edith Swan Neck to identify his body by a mark in the groin areaThe battle of Hastings, could have given Harold some safety spec's
People misread the Tapestry.The arrow in the eye is now being disputed, they say he was chopped down surrounded by his Housecarls towards the end of the battle and then badly defiled to such a degree that it took his bit on the side Edith Swan Neck to identify his body by a mark in the groin area
I tend to agree with you and the Bayeux Tapestry, he copped for one in the eye
Interesting, i will have a look at the tapestry, only ever given it a cursory glance and seen the arrow and KingPeople misread the Tapestry.
It is considered that Harold was indeed chopped down and that the eye episode in the Tapestry is of someone else. Note he's not wearing a crown as the arrow sticks out where as there is one in the Tapestry being chopped down and does have a crown. People thought it was the eye incident as its depicted over the word 'King' in the script below.
The birth of my son