Vikings

Vikings Timeline

By pmaher
  • First Viking attack on England
    787

    First Viking attack on England

    First Viking attack on England.
  • Raid on St Cuthbert's
    793

    Raid on St Cuthbert's

    Viking's raid the St Cuthbert's monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain.
  • Viking Raiders settle
    867

    Viking Raiders settle

    Viking raiders (from modern day Denmark) settle in Northern England.
  • First Viking settlement in Ireland
    870

    First Viking settlement in Ireland

    First Viking settlement in Ireland
  • Alfred the Great makes treaty with Danish Vikings
    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.
  • King of France makes treaty with Rollo
    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.
  • First Althing Held
    930

    First Althing Held

    The First Althing (Viking parliament) is held in Iceland.
  • Erik the Red banished from 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.
  • English King Ethelred pays Danish Vikings
    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).
  • Danish chief Cnut becomes English King
    1016

    Danish chief Cnut becomes English King

    Danish chief Cnut invades England; he becomes King of England in 1016.