viking age By 1015856 Jan 1, 793 vikings sack the monastry at lindisfarne Sep 22, 866 york is captured by viking army Sep 22, 870 vikings colonise iceland Sep 22, 876 some vikings settle in england permanately Sep 22, 950 Vikings from Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Hebrides raid Wales, particularly the coastal monasteries Sep 22, 980 vikings settle in greenland Sep 22, 994 unsuccesful seige on london Sep 22, 1000 christianity reaches iceland Sep 22, 1010 viking traveler tries to settle in north america Sep 22, 1013 the danes conquer england Sep 22, 1016 knut rules england Sep 22, 1028 knut conquers norway Sep 22, 1050 city of oslo founded Sep 22, 1066 harald hadrada defeated vikings start to die out