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787
787
First viging attack on England -
793
793
Vikings raid the monastery on the island of lindisfarne in Britain -
795
795
Viking raids begin in ireand and Scotland -
799
799
Viking rainds begin in France -
840
840
Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Viking. -
844
844
Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated at the town of Cordoba. -
860
860
Viking from Norway reach Iceland. Swedish Viking reach Constantinople (Istambul) in modern Turkey. -
870
870
Viking from Sweden begin to visit Russia -
878
878
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 which to settle. -
945
945
The King of France makes a treaty with invading Vikings led by Rollo. The Vikings are garanted a tract of land which later become known as Normandy. -
982
982
Erik the Red discovers Greenland. -
1016
1016
King Canute (or Cnut), a Danish Viking, becomes king of England (and later of Denmark and Norway). -
1066
1066
The great age of Viking power deawrs to an end with the defeat of harald Hardrada's invasion attempt on England. The victor, England's King Harold II, is the later defested at the Battle of Hatings.