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Period: 395 to 800
Late Antiquity
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Period: 476 to 1453
Middle Ages
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700
Viking age began
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Period: 700 to 1066
The Viking Age
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793
Vikings raid the monastery on the island of Lindisfarne in Britain.
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795
Dublin, Ireland, is founded by the Vikings
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820
Viking raids begin in France.
Vikings took advantage of the civil wars within France. -
836
Vikings raid Ireland
Vikings started by raiding monasteries, before moving inwards. -
843
The king of France makes a treaty with invading Vikings led by Rollo.
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860
Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople (Istanbul) in modern Turkey
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873
Vikings found Reykjavik
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874
Vikings from Norway reach Iceland.
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902
Vikings are expelled from Ireland
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917
Vikings retake Dublin
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982
Erik the Red discovers Greenland
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1000
Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, sails from Greenland and explores the coast of North America, landing in several places.
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1000
The Vikings reach North America
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1066
The Vikings are granted a tract of land which later becomes known as Normandy
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1066
Vikings are defeated in England by King Alfred the Great. A treaty between Alfred and the Viking leader gives control of an area of eastern England known as the Danelaw to the Vikings in which to settle.
King Alfred the Great agreed to peace with the Vikings and granted them there own land in England. -
1066
The end of the Viking age