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787
First Viking attack on England
First Viking attack on England. -
793
Raid on St Cuthbert's
Viking's raid the St Cuthbert's monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain. -
867
Viking Raiders settle
Viking raiders (from modern day Denmark) settle in Northern England. -
870
First Viking settlement in Ireland
First Viking settlement in Ireland -
878
Alfred the Great makes treaty with Danish Vikings
Alfred the Great (King of Wessex) gives the Danish Vikings an area of control in Eats Britain. -
911
King of France makes treaty with Rollo
The King of France makes a treaty with Rollo (a Viking leader) which gives the Vikings a land of area called Normandy. -
930
First Althing Held
The First Althing (Viking parliament) is held in Iceland. -
985
Erik the Red banished from Iceland
Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for three years for murder. He sails west and discovers Greenland. -
991
English King Ethelred pays Danish Vikings
To stop Viking raids in England, English King Ethelred pays the Danish Vikings tax know as Danegeld (Danes' Gold). -
1016
Danish chief Cnut becomes English King
Danish chief Cnut invades England; he becomes King of England in 1016.