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Jan 1, 793
Viking Age begins
The viking age started with the attack on Lindifarne monastry in 793 AD, and ended when the English army successfully repeled viking invaders during the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. This is significant to Norway's history because the viking age shaped present day Norway with its effective weapons, ships, agriculture, and new way of life. -
Apr 14, 900
Norway unified into one kingdom
King Harald Fairhair is credited with unifying the small kingdoms into one kingdom, which is present day Norway. The process of the unification started in about 860 and finally finished in the 1020s. -
Apr 14, 1349
Black Death hits Norway
The Black Death came to Norway from ships traveling from England in 1349 and remained there for about six months. It is said that 2/3 of Norways population died in the time that the Black Death was in Norway. -
Thirty Years War
The Thirty Years War was fought between several European nations and is considered to be one of the most destructive wars in European history. What started as a religion fight turned into a battle over the continuation of the France-Habsburg rivalry. This war caused famine, disease, and many peoplr lost their lives. -
Norway's Constitution signed
After the defeat of Napoleon and his troops, the vice-roy of Norway, Christian Frederik, founded the constitution of Norway, shaping the way Norway is ruled to this day. -
Norway agrees to remain neutral in WWI
After Norway gained independence it decided that they should stay neutral in matter of international conflict. By agreeing to do this it saved the lives of many Norwegian citizens. -
World economic depression
When the stock market crashed in New York the whole world was plunged into the worst economic depression it had ever seen. Many people were struck into poverty and famine raced across the country especially in European countries. -
German forces invade Norway
After Germany gained control of Norway in April of 1940, Norway's forces fought back against the Germans until June of 1940. Germany had control of Norway until May of 1945. While Germany was in control, Norway's king and legitimate government fought for their country while in exile. -
Norway joins NATO
Norway was one of the original twelve countries that founded NATO in 1949. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO), is a group of a total of twenty eight countries that basically live by the policy that if one country in NATO get attacked, all the countries in NATO get attacked. This has helped Norway because if Norway was ever to be attacked then they know that they will have back up of twenty seven other countries. -
Exportation of oil and gas begins
The production of oil mining had officially started on June 15, 1971. This provided jobs and helped the Norwegian economy greaty. Since then the exportation of oil has become Norway's number one export.
