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Jan 3, 787
787
First Viking attack on England. -
Jan 1, 793
793
Vikings raid the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain. -
Jan 1, 795
795
Vikings raid begin in Ireland and Scotland. -
Jan 1, 799
799
Vikings raids begin in France. -
Jan 1, 840
840
Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the vikings. -
Jan 1, 844
844
Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated at the town of Cordoba. -
Jan 1, 860
860
Vikings for Norway reach Iceland. Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople (Istanbul) in modern Turkey. -
Jan 1, 865
865
The Viking 'Great Army' lands in England. -
Jan 1, 870
870
Vikings from Seden begin to visit Russia. -
Jan 1, 878
878
Vikings are defeated in England by King Alfred the Great. A treaty between Alfred and the Viking leader gives control of an area of eastern England known as the Danelaw to the Vikings in which to settle. -
Jan 1, 945
945
The king of France makes a treaty witch invading Vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings are granted a tract of land which later becomes known as Normady. -
Jan 1, 982
982
Erik the Red discovers Greenland. -
Jan 1, 1000
1000
Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, sails from Greenland and explores the coast of North America, landing in several places. -
Jan 1, 1016
1016
King Canute (or Cnut), a Danish Viking, becomes king of England (and later of Denmark and Norway). -
Jan 1, 1066
1066
The great age of Viking power draws to an end with the defeat of Harald Hardrada's invasion attempt on England. The victor, England's King Harols II, is later defeated at the Battle of Hastings.