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First Viking attack on England
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In 790aC was the beginning of what is calles the Viking Age.
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Vikings rais the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain.
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Viking raids begin in Ireland and Scotland.
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Viking raids in France.
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Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Vikings
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Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated at the town of Cordoba
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Vikings from Norway reach Iceland. Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople (Istanbul) in modern Turkey.
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The Viking 'Great Army' lands in England.
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Vikings from Sweden begin to visit Russia.
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Vikings are defeated in England by King Alfred the Great. A treaty between Alfred and the Viking leader gives control of an area of eastern England known as the Danelaw to the Vikings in wich to settle.
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The king of France makes a treaty with invading Vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings are granted a tract of land which later becomes known as Normandy.
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Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
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Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, sails from Greenland and explores the coast of North America, landing in several places.
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King Canute (or Cnut), a Danish Viking, becomes king of England (and later of Denmark and Norway).
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The great age of Viking power draws to an end with the defeat of Harald Hardrada’s invasion attempt on England. The victor, England’s King Harold II, is later defeated at the Battle of Hastings.