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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Erciksson, son of Eric the Red explores the coast of North America
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Jan 1, 1000
Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland
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Jan 1, 1000
Olav I dies; Norway is controlled by Danes
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Jan 1, 1002
Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes King of Ireland
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Jan 1, 1010
Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to settle in North America
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Jan 1, 1013
Danes conquer England;Æthelred flees to Normandy
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Jan 1, 1015
Vikings abandon Vinland settlement on coast of North America
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Jan 1, 1016
Olav II regains controll of Normandy froms the Danes
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Jan 1, 1016
Danes under Knut rule England
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Jan 1, 1028
Knut, Knig of England and Denmark conquer Norway
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Jan 1, 1042
Edward the Confessor Rules England with support of the Danes
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Jan 1, 1050
City of Oslo found in Norway
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Jan 1, 1066
Harold Godwinson King of England defeats Harlad Haldradra King of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
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Jan 1, 1066
William Duke of Normandy defeats Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings
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Vikings begin raids on England
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viking longship is burried
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vikings found the city of Dublin in Ireland
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Rus vikings attack Istanbul
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Novgorad in Russia is founded by Rus vikings (Ulrich)
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Danish vikings create settlement in York, England
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Alfred The Great becomes king of Wessex; Danish advance halts in England
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Harald I gains control of Norway
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Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of Kieven Rus domains
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Alfred divideds England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact
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Vikings raid along Mediterranian coast
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Viking Chief Rollo is granted land by Franks and gounds Normandy of France
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Rus Vikings attack Istanbul
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Viking leader Eric the Red discovers Greenland
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Viking ships sail new found waters (west)
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Æthelred II pays first Danegled ransom to stop Daneish attacks on England
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Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian Kingdom
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Period: to Jan 9, 1066
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