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770 -
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The Viking Age begins. For the next 250 years,
Scandinavians set sail on frequent expeditions from the Baltic to the
Irish seas and even to the Mediterranean as far as Sicily, employing
superior ships and weapons and efficient military organization.
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789 -
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Vikings begin their attacks on England.
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800 -
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The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time
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840 -
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Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland.
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844 -
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A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed.
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860 -
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Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
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862 -
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Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking, Ulrich.
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866 -
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Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England.
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870 -
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The first permanent settlers arrive in Iceland from
western Norway
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871 -
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Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex; the Danish
advance is halted in England.
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872 -
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Harald I gains control of Norway.
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879 -
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Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus'
domains.
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886 -
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Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw
pact.
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| 900
- |
King Harald
Fairhair unites Norway into one kingdom |
| 900 - |
The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. |
| 911 - |
The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and
founds Normandy in France. |
| 941 - |
Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). |
| 981 - |
Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland. |
| 986 - |
Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters. |
| 991 - |
Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish
attacks on England. |
| 995 - |
Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom. |
| 1000
- |
Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland. |
| 1000 - |
Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, explores the coast of
North America. |
| 1000 - |
Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes. |
| 1002 - |
Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes the king of
Ireland. |
| 1010 - |
Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a
settlement in North America. |
| 1013 - |
The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy. |
| 1015 - |
Vikings abandon the Vinland settlement on the coast of North
America. |
| 1016 - |
Olav II regains Norway from the Danes. |
| 1016 - |
The Danes under Knut (Canute) rule England. |
| 1028 - |
Knut (Canute), king of England and Denmark, conquers Norway. |
| 1042 - |
Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the
Danes. |
| 1050 - |
The city of Oslo is founded in Norway. |
| 1066 - |
Harold Godwinson king of England defeats Harald Hardrada
king of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge |
| 1066 - |
William duke of Normandy defeats the Saxon king Harold at
the Battle of Hastings. |
