Vikings activity

  • 795

    An attack on Dublin in was followed by plundering raids along the coasts of Ireland, western England, France, Germany, and eventually as far south as Sicily.

  • 814

    a new and frightening threat came to loot and destroy.

  • 869

    They reached Iceland

  • 875

    some Vikings continued to raid, but others were ready to settle down. A group of Danish Viking, called Normans, settled on the coast of France (Normandy).

  • 982

    Eric the Red landed in Greenland

  • 1000

    Eric’s son, Leif Ericson, landed on the North American coast, found wild grapes and named his discovery Vinland.

  • 1066

    With William the Conqueror as their leader, they attacked and defeated the English