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789
Vikings begin their attack on England
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850
Harald Fairhair is born
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885
Harald Fairhair becomes King of Norway
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900
The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast.
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911
The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France.
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930
Harald Fairhair's reign comes to an end
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932
Harald Fairhair dies
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981
Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
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991
Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England.
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995
Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom.
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1000
Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland.
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1000
Norway is ruled by the Danes.
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1002
Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes the king of Ireland.
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1010
Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America.
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1013
The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy.
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1015
Vikings abandon the Vinland settlement on the coast of North America.
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1016
Olav II regains Norway from the Danes.
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1028
Knut (Canute), king of England and Denmark, conquers Norway.
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1042
Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the Danes.
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1050
The city of Oslo is founded in Norway.
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1066
Harold Godwinson king of England defeats Harald Hardrada king of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
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1066
William duke of Normandy defeats the Saxon king Harold at the Battle of Hastings.