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The Viking Age

By bridget.lennon2
  • Vikings Begin Their Attacks On England
    Jan 1, 789

    Vikings Begin Their Attacks On England

    Around this time, the Vikings began their raid on England.
  • Vikings begin their attacks on England.
    Jan 1, 789

    Vikings begin their attacks on England.

  • The Oseberg Viking Longship was buried
    Jan 1, 800

    The Oseberg Viking Longship was buried

    In this year, the famous Oseberg Longship by the vikings was buried.
  • The Viking Oseberg Longship was Buried
    Jan 1, 800

    The Viking Oseberg Longship was Buried

  • Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland.
    Jan 1, 840

    Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland.

  • A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed.
    Jan 1, 844

    A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed.

  • Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
    Jan 1, 860

    Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).

  • Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking
    Jan 1, 862

    Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking

  • Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England.
    Jan 1, 866

    Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England.

  • Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex,
    Jan 1, 871

    Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex,

  • Harald I gains control of Norway.
    Jan 1, 872

    Harald I gains control of Norway.

  • Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains.
    Jan 1, 879

    Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains.

  • Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact.
    Jan 1, 886

    Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact.

  • The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast.
    Jan 1, 900

    The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast.

  • The Viking chief Rollo is granted land
    Jan 1, 911

    The Viking chief Rollo is granted land

  • Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
    Jan 1, 941

    Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).

  • Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
    Jan 1, 981

    Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland.

  • Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters.
    Jan 1, 986

    Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters.

  • Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England.
    Jan 1, 991

    Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England.

  • Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom.
    Jan 1, 995

    Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom.

  • Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland.
    Jan 1, 1000

    Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland.

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes.

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