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First viging attack on England
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Vikings raid the monastery on the island of lindisfarne in Britain -
Viking raids begin in ireand and Scotland
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Viking rainds begin in France
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Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Viking. -
Viking raiders reach Spain but are defeated at the town of Cordoba.
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Viking from Norway reach Iceland. Swedish Viking reach Constantinople (Istambul) in modern Turkey.
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Viking 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 which to settle.
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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.
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Erik the Red discovers Greenland. -
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 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.