Viking: Timeline

787   the first three Viking ships landed in Wessex Wessex

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 and the Norsemen started to plunder towns and coastal monasteries

793   Vikings sack the monastery Monastery

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 of Lindisfarne Lindisfarne

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, Northumbria Northumbria

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. First major Viking raid in England. The "start" of the Viking age.

795   Earliest recorded Viking raid on Ireland Ireland

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. Places attacked include Iona Iona

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, Inisbofin and Inismurray.

802   Vikings sack Iona Iona

Iona is a small island, 1 mile wide and 3.5 miles long, in the Inner Hebrides [i], Scotland [i]. ... 

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832   Clondalkin, Ireland Ireland

Ireland is the third largest [i] island [i] in Europe [i]. ... 

 is sacked by Vikings.

834   First Viking raid of Dorestad Dorestad

In the early Middle Ages [i], Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands [i] ... 

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835   Viking raid of Dorestad Dorestad

In the early Middle Ages [i], Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands [i] ... 

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844   Dorestad Dorestad

In the early Middle Ages [i], Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands [i] ... 

 is raided by Vikings.

845   Vikings also sack Hamburg Hamburg

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 and Melun.

845   Paris Paris

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 is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok Ragnar Lodbrok

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, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

850   First recorded Viking attack on the Welsh Wales

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 coast.

851   Vikings plunder London London

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857   Viking raid of Dorestad Dorestad

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866   A "great Viking army" captures York York

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873   Viking raid of Dorestad Dorestad

In the early Middle Ages [i], Dorestad, was one of the most important and flourishing cities in The Netherlands [i] ... 

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981   981 A.D. the great Viking explorer Eric the Red left Norway to survey an island west of Iceland. He found land and he named it Greenland. Hundreds of land-starved Vikings boarded longships and headed west for this so-called "greenland."

985   Greenland Greenland

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 colonized by Iceland Iceland

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ic Viking Erik the Red Erik the Red

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 (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct - see History of Greenland)

1002   With a new group of colonists, an epidemic Epidemic

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 hits the Viking colony Colony

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 in Greenland Greenland

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1010   Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America North America

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 (approximate date).

1014   Battle of Clontarf; Gaelic Irish forces under Brian Boru Brian Boru

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 defeat several allied Viking forces in Ireland Ireland

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, ending their power there but killing Brian in the process

1952   Remains of a Viking ship found near Boston, Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts

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