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The Vikings

  • 787

    787

    787
    First Viking attack on England
  • 793

    793

    793
    Vikings raid the monastery on the island of Lindisfarme in Britain
  • 793

    793

    793
    Viking raids begin in Ireland and Scotland
  • 799

    799

    799
    Vikings arrive to Brittany
  • 820

    820

    820
    Vikings make a naval attack on the villages on the river Seine
  • 834

    834

    834
    Viking raids start on the Netherlands
  • 840

    840

    840
    Dublin, Ireland is founded by the Vikings
  • 844

    844

    844
    Viking raiders reach Spain but they are deafeated in Cordoba
  • 860

    860

    860
    Vikings from Norway reach Iceland. Swedish vikings reach Constantinople
  • 865

    865

    865
    The Viking great army lands in England
  • 866

    866

    866
    York (north-east of England) is founded by the Vikings
  • 870

    870

    870
    Vikings from Sweden begin to visit Russia