Events from the 1010s in England.
- Monarch – Ethelred (to December 1013), Sweyn (December 1013 to 3 February 1014), Ethelred (3 February 1014 to 23 April 1016), Edmund II (23 April to 30 November 1016), then Canute
- 1010
- 1011
- 1012
- 1013
- 1014
- 3 February – Sweyn dies at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and his son Cnut is proclaimed King of England by the Vikings.[2]
- March – Æthelred returns to reclaim his throne at the invitation of English nobles.[3]
- April – Cnut returns to Denmark to enforce his rule there.
- Possible date – Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway perhaps attacks London in support of Æthelred.[4]
- Wulfstan II, Archbishop of York preaches his Latin homily Sermo Lupi ad Anglos ("Wulf's Address to the English"), describing the Danes as "God's judgement on England".[1]
- 1015
- 1016
- 1017
- 1018
- 1019
Palmer, Alan Warwick; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
Lavelle, Ryan (2008). Aethelred II: King of the English. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 169–172.