VIKINGS

By Ángel Morillo
  • 787

    787aC

    First Viking attack on England
  • 790

    The beggining of Viking age

    In 790aC was the beginning of what is calles the Viking Age.
  • 793

    793aC

    Vikings rais the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain.
  • 795

    795aC

    Viking raids begin in Ireland and Scotland.
  • 799

    799aC

    Viking raids in France.
  • 840

    840aC

    Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Vikings
  • 844

    844aC

    Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated at the town of Cordoba
  • 860

    860aC

    Vikings from Norway reach Iceland. Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople (Istanbul) in modern Turkey.
  • 865

    865aC

    The Viking 'Great Army' lands in England.
  • 870

    870

    Vikings from Sweden begin to visit Russia.
  • 878

    878aC

    Vikings are defeated in England by King Alfred the Great. A treaty between Alfred and the Viking leader gives control of an area of eastern England known as the Danelaw to the Vikings in wich to settle.
  • 945

    945aC

    The king of France makes a treaty with invading Vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings are granted a tract of land which later becomes known as Normandy.
  • 982

    982aC

    Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
  • 1000

    1000aC

    Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, sails from Greenland and explores the coast of North America, landing in several places.
  • 1016

    1016aC

    King Canute (or Cnut), a Danish Viking, becomes king of England (and later of Denmark and Norway).
  • 1066

    1066aC

    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.