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When Vikings started to attack England and many other Countries in Europe.
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Alfred the Great (King of Wessex) makes a treaty with the Danish Vikings; they are given control of an area East of Britain in which to settle and trade (the Danelaw).
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The King of France make a treaty with the invading Vikings and they are given a tract of land which later became known as Normandy.
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Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for 3 years for murder. He sails and discovered Greenland
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The English King paid the Danish Vikings the first of many tax payments known as Danegeld (Danes' Gold).
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Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red sails east from Greenland to Labrador in North America and makes a small settlement. The settlement was abandoned by 1015
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Danish Chief invaded England and later became King of England.
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King Edward dies and the Throne is taken by Harold Godwinson. Another contender for the thrown; William of Normandy defeats King Harold at the battle of Hastings and becomes King of England. He became known as Williams the Conqueror
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