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Here is a Historical timeline of the Viking Invasions and Norman infiltration

 

  • 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.

  • 1087 - William II

  • 1100 - Henry I

  • 1135 - Stephen

  • 1154 - Henry II

  • 1189 - Richard I

  • 1199 - John

  • 1216 - Henry III

  • 1272 - Edward I

  • 1307 -  Edward II

  • 1327 - Edward III

  • 1377 - Richard II

  • 1399 - Henry IV

  • 1413 - Henry V

  • 1422 - Henry VI

  • 1461 - Edward IV

  • 1483 - Edward V

  • 1483 - Richard III

  • 1485 - Henry VII

  • 1509 - Henry VIII

  • 1547 - Edward VI

  • 1553 - Mary I

  • 1558 - Elizabeth I

  • 1603 - James I

  • 1625 - Charles I

  • 1649 - Cromwell's Commonwealth leading to the restoration in...

  • 1660 - Charles II

  • 1685 - James II

  • 1689 - William III & Mary II

  • 1702 - Anne

  • 1714 - George I

  • 1727 - George II

  • 1760 - George III

  • 1820 - George IV

  • 1830 - William IV

  • 1837 - Victoria

  • 1901 - Edward VII

  • 1910 - George V

  • 1936 - Edward VIII

  • 1936 - George VI

  • 1952 - Elizabeth II

 

 

 

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