Vikings

By ovanderlin
  • 787

    First Viking attack on England

  • 793

    Vikings raid St Cuthbert's monastery on the island of Lindisfarne, Britain

  • 795

    Viking raids start in Ireland

  • 798

    Viking raids begin in France

  • 867

    Northern Denmark Vikings settle in northern England

  • 870

    First Viking settlement in Ireland

  • 878

    Alfred the Great makes treaty with Danish Vikings

  • 911

    King of France makes treaty with invading Vikings

  • 930

    First Althing is held in Ireland

  • 985

    Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for three years for murder