Vikings

By jgoncalves
  • Period: 1 CE to 1100 BCE

    1 CE

  • 787

    787

    Vikings first attack on England
  • 795

    795

    Vikings begin attacks in Ireland
  • 799

    799

    Viking attacks begin in France
  • 867

    867

    Vikings settle in Northern England
  • 878

    878

    King of Wessex makes a treaty with Danish Vikings, granting them land in Eastern England.
  • 930

    930

    The first Althing is held.
  • 1001

    1001

    Lief Ericson settles in Northern America, however, they abandon America by 1015.
  • 1015

    1015

    Danish chief Cnut becomes King of England
  • 1066

    1066

    William of Normandy becomes King of England.