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Vikings in GB

By YasserAnissTG8
  • 789
    789

    789

    First known raid on the Isle of Portland
  • 793
    793

    793

    Sacking of the monastery of Lindisfarne by Vikings from Norway.
  • 835
    835

    835

    Viking presence at the mouth of the Thames, England.
  • 841
    841

    841

    Attacks on Lindsey, East Anglia and Kent .
  • 861
    861

    861

    Capture of Winchester , capital of King Æthelberht of Wessex, by the Danes.
  • 865
    865

    865

    First danegeld paid by England to the Vikings.
  • 866
    866

    866

    Attack by Lodbrok's sons Ivar, Ubbe and Halvdan on East Anglia.
  • 1004
    1004

    1004

    Danish King Sven with the Forked Beard retaliates against England, obtaining tribute of up to 45,000 pounds of silver.
  • 1014
    1014

    1014

    Æthelred II takes over the English throne. Death of King Sven I of Denmark after 5 weeks of rule in England. Knut, Sven's son, returns to Denmark.
  • 1028
    1028

    1028

    Knut the Great conquers Norway. Knut is the head of an empire comprising Denmark, Norway, England and Ireland.
  • .1066
    1066

    .1066

    Harald III of Norway defeats King Harold of England at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, England.
  • 1085
    1085

    1085

    Last attempt by the Danes to reconquer England.
  • .1151
    1151

    .1151

    Norwegian King Eystein Haraldsson plunders the eastern coasts of Scotland and England until 1153.