The animated Bayeux Tapestry

Here's your animated history lesson of the day: the Norman Conquest of Britain by William the Conqueror, who defeated the Saxon King Harold in the Battle of Hastings, in October 1066, as narrated by the over 70-meter long Bayeux Tapestry.

The Tapestry, which is really an embroidery, was commissioned shortly after the conquest, around 1070, probably by William the Conqueror's half-brother Bishop Odo of Bayeux, where it is still on display. Vividly illustrated, the Tapestry begged to be animated. In fact, you can think of it as a proto-comic that uses images to narrate a sequence of events woven into a proper plot, with a beginning, middle, and end (spotted on Titam.)