Vikings By o rix Period: 867 BCE to 867 vikings raid the first bit of denmark Period: 870 to 870 870 first settlement in Ireland Period: 878 to 878 Vikings get control of east Britain Period: 911 to 911 king France gave the Vikings were given a tract of land witch is know as Normandy Period: 930 to 930 the first Viking parliament Period: 985 to 985 Erik the red Was banish for murder then discovered Greenland Period: 991 to 991 the English King pays the danish Viking witch was the first of many taxes Period: 1001 to 1001 Leif the son of erik the red sails and finds North America Period: 1015 to 1015 Danish chief takes over England then Becomes the king of England Period: 1066 to 1066 King edward Dies then harold Godwinson Becomes king then William of Normandy defeats William and becomes know as william the conqueror