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At the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the Norwegian king Harold was killed as he attempted to reclaim a portion of England. It was the last major Viking invasion into Europe. This is considered the end of the Viking era in England.
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The vikings attacked the monastery of Lindisfarind.This was the beginning of the Viking Age.
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The vikings attack the northern part of britain
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The vikings took over Wessex and King Alferd went into hidding.
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King Alfred defeated the Viikings under King Guthrum retaking London. The treaty between the two kings divided England into west and east. The Vikings got the east known as the Danelaw
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Eric Bloodaxe's death at Stainmore in 954 brought an end to independent Viking rule in Northumbria.
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The Vikings were Scandinavian farmers, fishers, herders and pirates whose raids and invasions from Russia to North America between roughly 800-1000 AD helped shape the medieval period of the region.
