Vikings

first atack

787

First atack of vikings on england. They were especially Norwegians and Danes. They search something to make money, plunder, territorial expansion and colonization, as well as demographic pressure in the Nordic regions and the search for more fertile lands.

Vikings raid the monastery

793

Vikings raid the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in
Britain.The principal reasons were the research of wealth, in form of ecleseastic tresaures and important objects and the territorial expansion.
They arrive with their boats and atack the people who are there and then they take everything.

Viking raids Ireland and Scotland

795

Viking raids begin in Ireland
and Scotland.
Irland raids: they research wealth and lands. The Vikings established settlements on the east coast of Ireland, especially in Dublin, Waterford, Cork and Limerick. These cities became centers of Viking trade and activity. Scotland raids: the vikings went to the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands, as well as the coastal areas of northern and eastern Scotland.

Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Vikings

840

Viking raiders reach Spain

844

Viking raiders reach
Spain but are defeated
at the town of
Cordoba.
The Viking raid on Córdoba is known primarily for its audacity, as the Vikings managed to penetrate deep into Muslim-controlled territory.They were finally defeated at Córdoba by the Muslim forces of the caliphate. The city was well defended, and the Muslims managed to repel the Viking invaders.

Vikings from Norway reach Iceland.

860

Vikings from Norway reach Iceland.
Swedish Vikings reach
Constantinople (Istanbul)
in modern Turkey

The Viking ‘Great Army’ lands in England

865

The Great Viking Army, led by figures such as Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ubbe, and Bjorn Ironside, sought wealth and land in England. They established settlements in places such as Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia, but were defeated by King Alfred the Great at the Battle of Edington. This led to the Treaty of Wedmore and the creation of the Danelaw. The Viking legacy persists in English culture.

vikings were defeated

878

Vikings are defeated in England by King
Alfred the Great. Atreaty between Alfred
and the Viking leader gives control
of an area of eastern England known as
the Danelaw to the Vikings
in which to settle.

The treaty

945

The king of France makes a treaty
with invading Vikings led by Rollo.
The Vikings are granteda tractof land which
later becomes known as Normandy

the dicover

982

Erik the Red
discovers Greenland

The explore

1000

Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red,
sails from Greenland and explores
the coast of North America,
landing in several places.

The new king

1016

King Canute (or Cnut), a Danish Viking,
becomes king of England
(and later of Denmark and Norway).

The end of vikings

1066

The great age of Viking power draws to an end with the
defeat of Harald Hardrada’s invasion attempt on England.
The victor, England’s King Harold II, is later defeated at
the Battle of Hastings.