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Where did William the Conqueror cross the English Channel in 1066?
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The Baltic and North seas and the English Channel.
After gathering his fleet at the mouth of the Dives River and later regrouping at Saint-Valéry on the Somme, William the Conqueror set sail across the English Channel on September 27, 1066, once the winds turned in his favor. He landed his army the following day at Pevensey on the southeastern coast of England.12