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787
First Viking attack on England
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793
Vikings raid St Cuthbert's monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain
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795
Viking raids begin in Ireland
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799
Viking Raids begin in France
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867
Viking raiders (from modern day Denmark) settle in northern England
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878
Alfred the Great (king of Wessex) makes a treaty with the (Danish Vikings): They are given control of an area east of Britain were they settle and trade (This is known as the Danelaw)
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911
The king of France makes a treaty with the invading Vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings are given a tract of land with later becomes known as Normandy
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930
The first Althing (Viking Parliament) is held in Iceland
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991
IN a bid to stop Viking invasions in England, the English king, Etherld, pays Danish Vikings the first of many tax payments known as the Danegeld (Danes' gold)
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1001
Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, sails east Greenland to reach Labrador in North America. A small settlement is set up there, but is abandoned by 1015CE
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1015
Danish chief Cnut invades England; he becomes king of england in 1018 (and later of Denmark and Norway)
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1066
In England, King Edward dies. Harold Godwinson becomes king. Another contender, William of Normandy, Defeats King Harold at the Battle of Hastings and becomes the king of England. He becomes known as William the Conqueror.