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597 CE: St. Augustine of Canterbury baptizes King Ethelbert of Kent
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602 CE: St. Augustine dedicates cathedral at Canterbury
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750 CE: Archbishop Cuthbert builds a baptistery-mausoleum on the north side of the church.
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1011: Canterbury falls victim to marauding Danes. The city is destroyed, the cathedral is set on fire, and Archbishop Alphege is taken hostage in hope of ransom.
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1067: Fire destroys Canterbury Cathedral
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1070: Lanfranc, former abbot of the Abbaye des Hommes in Caen, Normandy, is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. He immediately sets about reorganizing the monastery, asserting the primacy of Canterbury over York, and rebuilding the cathedral.
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October 1077: Completion of reconstructed Canterbury Cathedral under Archbishop Lanfranc
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1093: Anselm becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
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1100: Construction of the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral
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1130: Consecration of a large Norman choir with ambulatory at Canterbury Cathedral.
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December 29, 1170: Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket
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1174: Penance of King Henry II
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