![]() Harald Blue tooth becomes King of Denmark. King Eric Bloodaxe, the king of York, gets killed. Vikings get the permission to settle in the region of Nantes.Įstablishment of the parliament "Althing" at Thingvellir in Iceland. The Vikings failed in their attempt to extend thier reign in England. King Harald Fair-haired tries to unify Norway. The land-take continues up to approximately 930.īattle of Edington in England and the Treaty of Wedmore. Rimbert becomes new Archbishop.ĭanish Vikings conquered York. Permanent settlement on the Faroe Islands.ĭeath of Ansgar. Numerous attacks on the British Isles and the Franks Expansion of the attacks on Ireland.Īssault on Toulouse and the first raids on SpainĪdditionaly to Hamburg, Ansgar receives bishopric of Bremen.įirst overwintering of the Vikings in the British Isles. Increasing Viking attacks on England and the Franks.Īnsgar gets consecrated for bishop of Hamburg.ĭefeat of the West Saxons against the Vikings. Harald's recognition as king beside the two sons of Gotfreds in Denmark.ĭanish coinage begins in Haithabu, an important trading settlement in the south of the Danish Jutland peninsula (now north Germany)Īnsgar first mission trips to Birka in Norway He established a coastal defense north of the Seine estuary.Ī Danish fleet takes Friesland and collects toll fees.ĭeath of Charlemagne and succession by his son Louis the Pious I. ![]() Philibert Noirmoutier.Ĭoronation of Charles the Great. The first attacks on the Franks start at the monastery of St. Viking attack on the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumberland, England. Start of the viking crusade in Western Europe. ![]() Please find below the main events of the age of the Vikings in chronological order from the late 8th century up to the beginning of the 12th century. ![]()
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