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Timeline of the Viking Age

By Landon_Ewers
  • Period: 793 to 1066

    The Viking Age

  • The Raid of the Lindisfarne Monastery
    Jun 8, 793

    The Raid of the Lindisfarne Monastery

    This event kicked off the Viking Age with the Scandinavians' first raid
  • Norse raids on Ireland begin.
    795

    Norse raids on Ireland begin.

  • Death of Charlemagne
    810

    Death of Charlemagne

  • Period: 840 to 870

    Reign of King Halfdan the Black of Norway

  • Period: 844 to 859

    The Vikings raid on Moorish Spain

    This time period was the period during which the Vikings carried out their many raids on Moorish Spain
  • Al-Ghazal's embassy to Turgeis, King of the Vikings in Ireland.
    845

    Al-Ghazal's embassy to Turgeis, King of the Vikings in Ireland.

  • The Norse discovery of Iceland
    860

    The Norse discovery of Iceland

  • 930

    First Althing held at Thingvellir in Iceland, establishment of the Icelandic Free State.

    The Althing is the supreme national parliament of Iceland, and is one of the oldest surviving national parliaments in the world
  • Eirikr inn Rauda (Eric the Red) discovers Greenland.
    982

    Eirikr inn Rauda (Eric the Red) discovers Greenland.

  • celand officially converts to Christianity, although heathen practice is still permitted in private.
    1000

    celand officially converts to Christianity, although heathen practice is still permitted in private.

  • Period: 1000 to 1005

    Leifr Eiriksson makes his voyages to Vinland (America), attempts made to settle there are prevented by opposition from skraelings (Native Americans).

  • The practice of raiding ends along with the Viking Age
    1066

    The practice of raiding ends along with the Viking Age