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Jan 1, 789
Vikings Begin Their Attacks On England
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Jan 1, 789
Vikings begin their attacks on England.
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Jan 1, 800
The Oseberg Viking Longship was buried
In this year, the famous Oseberg Longship by the vikings was buried. -
Jan 1, 800
The Viking Oseberg Longship was Buried
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Jan 1, 840
Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland.
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Jan 1, 844
A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed.
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Jan 1, 860
Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
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Jan 1, 862
Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking
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Jan 1, 866
Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England.
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Jan 1, 871
Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex,
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Jan 1, 872
Harald I gains control of Norway.
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Jan 1, 879
Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains.
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Jan 1, 886
Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact.
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Jan 1, 900
The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast.
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Jan 1, 911
The Viking chief Rollo is granted land
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Jan 1, 941
Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
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Jan 1, 981
Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
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Jan 1, 986
Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters.
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Jan 1, 991
Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England.
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Jan 1, 995
Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom.
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Jan 1, 1000
Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland.
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Jan 1, 1000
Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes.
