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530
Battle on the frozen Lake Vänern
The battle on the frozen lake of Vänern is a protohistoric and semi-legendary event that took place in the 6th century (circa 530, a period known as the Age of Vendel) and is recorded in the epic poem Beowulf. -
793
The origin of the Vikings
The Vikings were various Scandinavian sailors from Norway, Sweden and Denmark (although other nationalities were later involved) whose raids and subsequent settlements had a significant impact on the cultures of Europe and made themselves felt even in the regions -
793
vikings in england
The Viking attacks in Europe began, surely due to geographical proximity, by the kingdoms that today make up England. The first documented Viking raid was in the year 793, on a monastery located on the small island of Lindisfarne, northeast of present-day England. This event is considered by scholars as the beginning of the Viking Age. -
800
The first voyage of the Vikings
The first Viking raid begins between 790 and 800, on the west coast of France, raiding in summer and wintering in Scandinavia.Several coastal areas were lost during the reign of Louis the Pious. -
874
Vikings in Iceland
The Vikings began their settlement in Iceland around 874 AC, although Irish monks are believed to have arrived on the island earlier. The Vikings discovered the island by mistake while trying to sail to the coasts of Scotland and the Faroe Islands. -
885
Vikings in Paris
The Siege of Paris was a siege carried out by the Vikings between 885 and 886. It was of great political importance and was narrated by Abbo, a Benedictine monk from Saint-Germain-des Pres, an abbey located on the outskirts of Paris. The monk had been a direct witness to the action, which he would recount a decade later. -
1066
Battle of Stramford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place in the English town of Stamford Bridge on September 25, 1066, shortly after an invading Viking army from Norway, led by King Harald III of Norway, defeated the army of the northern earls. Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria at the Battle of Fulford, two miles south of York, and a few weeks before the decisive Battle of Hastings, which marked the start of the Norman invasion. -
1066
The end of the vikings
The end of the Viking Age is the end of the bloody Stramford Bridge War.