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Period: 700 to 1100
Timespan of the Viking Age
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787
Vikings attack England.
When Vikings started to attack England and many other Countries in Europe. -
867
Viking raiders settle in Northern England
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878
Alfred the Great makes treaty with Danish Vikings
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). -
911
The Treaty with the Vikings
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. -
930
First Viking parliament is held in Iceland.
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985
Erik the Red is banished
Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for 3 years for murder. He sails and discovered Greenland -
991
King of England pays the Vikings to stop their invasions.
The English King paid the Danish Vikings the first of many tax payments known as Danegeld (Danes' Gold). -
1001
Leif Ericson reaches Labrador in North America and makes small settlement
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 -
1015
Danish Chief Cnut invades England
Danish Chief invaded England and later became King of England. -
1066
King Edward Dies and Throne is taken
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