vikings By r scarborough 1066 BCE william fights the king and becomes king and is now know as william the conquare 1015 BCE invade england and become the first viking king 1001 BCE son of erik travels to a small abandoned settlement 991 BCE paid the first tax payment 985 BCE Erik red is banned from iceland 930 BCE Viking parliament in iceland 911 BCE given a track of land now know as Normandy 878 BCE makes treaty with danish vikings have control of east britain 870 BCE First settlement in ireland 867 BCE vikings settle in northern england