Vikings

By BallerBoy
  • Period: 786 to 1066

    The Vikings: A Timeline

  • Period: 787 to 787

    Viking events

    787- First Viking attack on England.
  • 793

    Vikings raided ST Cuthbert's monastery

  • 795

    Viking raids begin in Ireland

  • 799

    Viking raids begin in France

  • 870

    The first Viking settlement in Ireland

  • 878

    Viking event

    Alfred the Great (king of Wessex) makes a treaty with the Danish Vikings; they are given control of an area of east Britain in with to settle and trade (known as the Danelaw).
  • 911

    The King of France makes a treaty with invading Vikings led by Rollo.

  • 930

    The first ALthing (Viking parliament) is held in Iceland

  • 985

    Erik the Red is banished from Iceland for years for murder

    He sails west and discovers Greenland
  • 1066

    King Edwards dies and there is a battle for who becomes king.

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