| 789 - |
Vikings begin their attacks on England. |
| 800 - |
The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time |
| 840 - |
Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland. |
| 844 - |
A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed. |
| 860 - |
Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). |
| 862 - |
Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking, Ulrich. |
| 866 - |
Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England. |
| 871 - |
Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex; the Danish advance is halted in
England. |
| 872 - |
Harald I gains control of Norway. |
| 879 - |
Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains. |
| 886 - |
Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact. |
| 900 - |
The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. |
| 911 - |
The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy
in France. |
| 941 - |
Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). |
| 981 - |
Viking leader Erik the Red discovers Greenland. |
| 986 - |
Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters. |
| 991 - |
Æthelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on
England. |
| 995 - |
Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom. |
| 1000 - |
Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland. |
| 1000 - |
Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, explores the coast of North America. |
| 1000 - |
Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes. |
| 1002 - |
Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes the king of Ireland. |
| 1010 - |
Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in
North America. |
| 1013 - |
The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy. |
| 1015 - |
Vikings abandon the Vinland settlement on the coast of North America. |
| 1016 - |
Olav II regains Norway from the Danes. |
| 1016 - |
The Danes under Knut (Canute) rule England. |
| 1028 - |
Knut (Canute), king of England and Denmark, conquers Norway. |
| 1042 - |
Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the Danes. |
| 1050 - |
The city of Oslo is founded in Norway. |
| 1066 - |
Harold Godwinson king of England defeats Harald Hardrada king of Norway
at the Battle of Stamford Bridge |
| 1066 - |
William duke of Normandy defeats the Saxon king Harold at the Battle of
Hastings. |
