-
787
First attack
It was the first
Viking’s attack
on England -
Period: 787 to 1066
Vicking’s
-
793
793
Viking’s attack villages,
towns and monasteries,
plundering their wealth and
capturing prisoners -
795
795
Viking raids begin in
Ireland and Scotland. -
799
799
Viking raids begin in France. -
840
840
Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Vikings -
844
844
Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated
at the town of Cordoba. -
860
860
Vikings fromNorway reach Iceland.
Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople (Istanbul)
in modern Turkey -
865
865
The Viking ‘Great Army’ lands in England. -
870
870
Vikings fromSweden begintovisitRussia.