Viking history

By James Michael Henderson
  • 787
    787

    787

    The First Viking attack on England.
  • 793
    793

    793

    Viking raid St Cuthbert's monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain.
  • 795
    795

    795

    Viking raid in Ireland begins.
  • 799
    799

    799

    Viking begin raids on France
  • 870
    870

    870

    vikings settle in Ireland
  • 930
    930

    930

    The first Althing (viking parliament) is held in iceland.
  • 985
    985

    985

    Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for three years for murder and discovers Greenland after sailing west.
  • 1001
    1001

    1001

    Leif Ericson son of Erik Red bread leaves Greenland and heads east to reach Labrador in North America.
  • 1015
    1015

    1015

    Danish chief Cnut invades England; becomes king in the year 1016 (and later of Denmark and Norway).
  • 1066
    1066

    1066

    In England, King Edward dies. Harold Godwinson becomes king. another contender, William of Norway defeats king Harold at the battle of Hastings and becomes King of England. He becomes known as William the Conqueror.