Vikings 2 By tkattab 787 First viking attack on England 795 Viking raids begin in Ireland 799 Viking raids begin in France 867 Viking raiders settle in England 878 Alfred the great makes a treaty with the danish vikings (they were given an area in East Britain to settle) 911 The king of France gives vikings a tract of land 930 The first Althing (Viking Parliament) is held in Iceland 985 Erik The Red is kicked out of Iceland for commiting murder, but then he discovers Greenland 1015 Danish chief Cnut invades England than later becomes King 1066 King Edward dies