| 866 |
Eoforwic captured by Viking Great Army. Scandinavians
settle in Yorkshire and other parts of northern and eastern England. |
| 876 |
Viking kings begin to rule Jorvik |
| ??? |
Guthfrith, a Christian Viking, is King of York. |
| 919 |
Ragnald is ruler of the Kingdom of York. |
| 921 |
Ragnald acknowledges overlordship of the English King
Edward; Sigtrygg (formerly king of the Dublin Vikings) becomes ruler of
the Kingdom of York when Ragnald dies. |
| 926 |
Sigtrygg marries the sister of the English King Athelstan
(son and successor of King Edward) as a political move, to try to hold on
to his independent rule. |
| 927 |
Sigtrygg dies and is succeeded by Guthfrith from Dublin,
but Guthfrith is driven back to Dublin and Athelstan gains control of
Jorvik/York. |
| 937 |
Athelstan beats off an attack by a combined force of
Strathclyde Celtic Britons, Scots and the Viking King Olaf Guthfrithson of
Dublin, at the Battle of Brananburh. |
| 939 |
Athelstan dies. |
| 939-954 |
English, Dublin Vikings and Scandinavians compete for power
in Jorvik. |
| 954 |
Expulsion of Erik Bloodaxe, last Viking king of Jorvik. |
| 954-1066 |
English kings control Jorvik through carefully-chosen earls
and archbishops, often of mixed Anglo-Scandinavian descent. |
| 1066 |
Battles of Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Hastings.
Scandinavian claim to the English throne is repelled but England falls to
William, Duke of Normandy and Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of
England, is killed. Jorvik/York comes under Norman control. |
| 1069 |
William the Conqueror (William I) finally subdues
Jorvik/York and the north after some temporary control by a combined
Scandinavian/Northumbrian force. |
| 1070 -1085 |
Occasional Danish attempts to recapture Jorvik/York. |
