Viking age

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  • 700

    Start of viking age

    This was the period when the Old Norse language became the standards, the old primitive Norse language was replaced.
  • 787

    The first raid on England

    Reportedly took place this year.
  • 793

    The Vikings start their raids on the shores of England.

    The first raid is a monastery in Lindisfarne, in what was Northumbrian.
  • 795

    The Vikings also attack the island's of Iona in Scotland

    Again targeting a monastery, the Irish inhabitants of the island now flee to the Irish mainland. The Vikings also begin raids on Ireland which would later become a settling ground for some Vikings. The island the Vikings raided were Rathlin island which is located on the north east coast of Ireland.
  • 800

    The farmed Oseburg Longship is reported to have been buried around this time

    The Elder Futhark which is the most elderly of the runic alphabets and contains 24 runes is replaced by a sixteen rune alphabet known as the Younger Futhark.
  • 832

    The location of armagh in Ireland is raided multiple times

  • 837

    More viking raids on Ireland travel through Ireland, destroying all in their path.

  • 839

    Vikings led by Norse leader Turgeis marched into the north of Ireland settle and found Dublin a harbour city in Ireland

  • 844

    The Vikings raids Spain

    First targeting Seville a city in the south coast of Spain. The raid is apparently rebuffed by the Spanish inhabitants.
  • 845

    Ragnar Loddbrok leads a group of raiders into France

    Where later current French king would pay them a ransom
  • 851

    Vikings of Danish origin land in Ireland and join forces with existing people there to rule Ireland

  • 853

    A Norse kingdom is established in Dublin

  • 860

    The Rus' people raided Istanbul and also found the cities of Kiev and Novgorod.

    The Rus were group of Norsemen or Vikings from what is now Sweden who ruled parts of Finland and Russia. The Vikings find the island of Iceland. Ragnar loddbrok is killed in the city of York in england
  • 866

    The beginning of the viking Danish army

  • 867

    The Vikings in England murder the king of Northumbria.

    The Vikings capture the city of York, which the Vikings named Yorvik and this would be the Vikings capital of England
  • 869

    The Vikings kill the then king of the East Angles area of England, King Edmund

    The king was beheaded and later his body and his head were buried together. The location of this burial became the town of Bury St Edmunds
  • 873

    King Sigred and King Halfdan work together and become the rulers of Denmark.

    This partnership continues until 891 AD
  • 874

    The Vikings begin the creation of the Icelandic settlement which would later serve as a travel stop

    The reign of King Harald Harfagra of Norway Starts and continues until 945 AD
  • 876

    More Vikings from Sweden, Denmark and Norway settle permanently in England.

  • 885

    The birth of Eric Haraldsson who would later become known as Eric Bloodaxe

  • 900

    The Vikings once again attempt raids on Mediterranean coastlines

  • 919

    Haakon Haraldsson, known as Haaken the Good is born

    Haakon would later become the third king of Norway
  • 933

    The death of Harald Fairhair the first king of Norway

  • 939

    Eric Haraldsson known as Eric Bloodaxe becomes the king of Northumberland

  • 954

    The last Viking King of Yorvik, the Swedish name for the England city York, Eric Haraldsson known as Eric Bloodaxe is thrown out of Yorvik

  • 955

    Eric Haraldsson dies

  • 958

    A new king of Denmark is crowned

    Harold Bluetooth
  • 980

    Greenland is discovered by Erik the Red, and first settlements are established

  • 994

    King Olaf of Norway and his comrade Sweyn Forkbeard attempt an invasion on London on England, with Danish army

    The invasion is unsuccessful but both survive and move to South East of England causing problems for anyone in their path.
  • 995

    Old Trygvason becomes the king and ruler of Norway

  • 1000

    The king of Norway Olav Trygvason is killed in battle by the King of Sweden Olaf of Norway and Sweyn Forkbeard

  • 1001

    Leif Eriksson lands on American coastline and it is named Newfoundland.

    Leif was a legendary explorer who was thought to have been born in the Viking settlement of Iceland and was a son of Erik the Red an explorer himself. The date of Leifs exact landing on American shores is of much debate, many believe it was earlier than 1001 AD.
  • 1014

    Sweyn Forkbeard the king of Norway conquers England

  • 1014

    Sweyn Forkbeard the king of Norway is killed

  • 1050

    The Norwegian city of Oslo is founded

  • 1066

    The king of Norway, Haraldr Hardrada is killed when taking part in an invasion of England against the then kind of England Harold Godwinsson.

    Later at the Battle of Hastings the Saxon king Harold Godwinsson is killed by the army of Duke William of Normandy.