Timeline Of the Vikings By hhopp 789 Vikings begin their attack on England 850 Harald Fairhair is born 885 Harald Fairhair becomes King of Norway 900 The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. 911 The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France. 930 Harald Fairhair's reign comes to an end 932 Harald Fairhair dies 981 Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland. 991 Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England. 995 Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom. 1000 Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland. 1000 Norway is ruled by the Danes. 1002 Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes the king of Ireland. 1010 Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America. 1013 The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy. 1015 Vikings abandon the Vinland settlement on the coast of North America. 1016 Olav II regains Norway from the Danes. 1028 Knut (Canute), king of England and Denmark, conquers Norway. 1042 Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the Danes. 1050 The city of Oslo is founded in Norway. 1066 Harold Godwinson king of England defeats Harald Hardrada king of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066 William duke of Normandy defeats the Saxon king Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
