| 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. |
Last updated: 24th June, 2015, 2:07 PM
