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  • Jan 1, 1000

    Leif Erciksson, son of Eric the Red explores the coast of North America

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Olav I dies; Norway is controlled by Danes

  • Jan 1, 1002

    Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes King of Ireland

  • Jan 1, 1010

    Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to settle in North America

  • Jan 1, 1013

    Danes conquer England;Æthelred flees to Normandy

  • Jan 1, 1015

    Vikings abandon Vinland settlement on coast of North America

  • Jan 1, 1016

    Olav II regains controll of Normandy froms the Danes

  • Jan 1, 1016

    Danes under Knut rule England

  • Jan 1, 1028

    Knut, Knig of England and Denmark conquer Norway

  • Jan 1, 1042

    Edward the Confessor Rules England with support of the Danes

  • Jan 1, 1050

    City of Oslo found in Norway

  • Jan 1, 1066

    Harold Godwinson King of England defeats Harlad Haldradra King of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge

  • Jan 1, 1066

    William Duke of Normandy defeats Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings

  • Vikings begin raids on England

  • viking longship is burried

  • vikings found the city of Dublin in Ireland

  • Rus vikings attack Istanbul

  • Novgorad in Russia is founded by Rus vikings (Ulrich)

  • Danish vikings create settlement in York, England

  • Alfred The Great becomes king of Wessex; Danish advance halts in England

  • Harald I gains control of Norway

  • Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of Kieven Rus domains

  • Alfred divideds England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact

  • Vikings raid along Mediterranian coast

  • Viking Chief Rollo is granted land by Franks and gounds Normandy of France

  • Rus Vikings attack Istanbul

  • Viking leader Eric the Red discovers Greenland

  • Viking ships sail new found waters (west)

  • Æthelred II pays first Danegled ransom to stop Daneish attacks on England

  • Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian Kingdom

  • Period: to Jan 9, 1066

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