By Tim Lambert
793
The Vikings raid the monastery at Lindisfarne in England
795
The Vikings raid the monastery at Iona in Scotland. They also raid Ireland.
9th Century
The Vikings settle the Orkneys, Shetlands, Caithness and Sutherland in Scotland. They found Cork and Dublin in Ireland.
836
The English defeat the Vikings at Hingston Down
840
The English defeat the Vikings at Southampton
841
The Vikings raid Kent and East Anglia in England
842
The Vikings raid Southampton in England
844
The Vikings raid Spain and Portugal
845
The Vikings raid Hamburg in Germany
866
The Danes capture York in England
870
The Danes crush the East Anglians in battle. Marching south they capture Reading in England.
873
The Danes capture Western England. Only the South remains unconquered
874
The Vikings settle in Iceland
878
Alfred king of Wessex (Southern England) routs the Danes. Afterwards England is split between Wessex and the Danes with Watling Street as the border.
885
The Vikings raid Paris but are driven off
911
The French king gives the Viking leader Hrolf the Dukedom of Normandy on condition he helps to protect France from other Vikings
922
The Vikings found Limerick in Ireland
980
The Danes begin raiding England again
985
The Vikings settle in Greenland
1001
The Vikings land in North America
1014
The Irish crush the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf
1016
A Dane called Canute becomes king of England
1066
An army of Norwegians is crushed by the English at Stamford Bridge
1069-70
A Danish army sails to England to assist English rebels against William the Conqueror but they eventually leave. It is the last Scandinavian intervention in England.