Viking's Timeline

Viking Age Began

700

Around 700 CE the Viking age began. They first formed around CE 700. Vikings were very feared even when they had just formed. People knew that the Vikings were ruthless and had no mercy; that was what mainly scared people.

Viking's first invasion

793

First invasion by the Vikings. They raided monasteries on the coast including Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumbria. The raid on Lindisfarne marks the start of the Viking migration from Scandinavia.

Vikings First raids on Scotland and Ireland

794

The Vikings first raided Scotland and Ireland. They raided Scotland and Ireland only a year after they raided Lindisfarne, England.The first recorded Viking raid in Irish history, the Vikings, possibly from Norway looted the island of Lambay. the Vikings are thought to have led their first raids in Scotland on the holy island of Iona.

Great Viking Army from Denmark Invades England

865

Great Viking Armies Denmark invaded England. The vikings traveled in swift longships which allowed them to stroke without warning and to disappear quickly before the local armies would attack them. This military force defeated Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and established a Viking state, before losing to King Alfred when it tried to take his kingdom of Wessex.

Danes captured York

866

the Vikings had arrived in York. The Danes capture York and make it their own kingdom. The Vikings called the Vikings Jorvik. York was ruled by a king. They made York the second biggest city in the country after London.

King Alfred the Great defeats the Vikings

886

King Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings. But, the King allowed the Vikings to settle in Eastern England. Everybody loved him because he defended his Kingdom from the Vikings. He fought the Vikings, but he made peace with the Vikings so that the English and Vikings could live together in peace.

The first Althing (Viking's parliament) held

930

It is the oldest surviving parliament in the world. It was established by the Vikings in 930 at Thingvellir which is less than 30 miles from the nation’s capital, Reykjavik. There was a law rock, known as the logberg, in the middle of the assembly.

Viking King of Jorvik was thrown out of York

954

Eric Bloodaxe, who was the last King of Jorvik, was thrown out of York. in 954 CE Eric Bloodaxe was expelled for the second and final time and King Eadred of Wessex and England gained control. He was the King of Norway and King of Northumbria twice.

King Canute of Denmark captures the English Crown

1014

King Canute of Denmark, also known as King Cnut of Denmark, became the King of England. He had first invaded England in 1013 CE and when Sweyn died because of his Viking Army, that is when King Canute of Denmark became King of Denmark. He was also known as Cnut the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden.

The End of the Viking Age

1066

The Viking Age ended when Norman Duke William invaded Britain where the Battle of the Hastings took place and he crowned the king of England. Also because of Christianity, it spread to Norse people and they were convinced of God's power and capability. The Viking Age also ended because of all the alliances and treaties they were making countries resulting them not having any country to raid.