The Bayeux Tapestry, a 220-foot embroidery depicting William the Conqueror's 1066 invasion of England, left France for the first time in nearly 1,000 years to arrive at the British Museum this summer, drawing 80,000+ people waiting online for tickets and sparking nationwide 'Bayeux fever' in Britain. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Norman invasion and depicts Harold Godwinson's broken promise to William the Conqueror, fundamentally changing English language, laws, and aristocracy despite being a British military defeat.