Viking Important Events Timeline

Around 700 AD the Viking age began. They first formed around AD 700. Vikings were very feared even when they had just formed. People knew that the Vikings were ruthless and had no mercy; that was what mainly scared people.

In 793 AD was the first invasion by the Vikings. They raided the northeast coast of England. More specifically, the city Lindisfarne. They also raided off the coast of Northumbria.

In 794 AD the Vikings first raided Scotland and Ireland. They raided Scotland and Ireland only a year after they raided Lindisfarne, England.

Around 865 AD is when great Viking Armies Denmark invaded England. The vikings traveled in swift longships which allowed them to stroke without warning and to disappear quickly before the local armies would attack them.

Around 866 AD, the Danes capture York and make it their own kingdom. The Vikings called the Vikings Jorvik. York was ruled by a king.

Around 876 AD is when the Vikings from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Vikings permanently settled in England. The Vikings took over all of England and made it their permanent area to live, but the Vikings were everywhere.

In 886 AD King Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings. But, the King allowed the Vikings to settle in Eastern England. Everybody loved him because he defended his Kingdom from the Vikings. He fought the Vikings, but he made peace with the Vikings so that the English and Vikings could live together in peace.

In 954 AD Eric Bloodaxe, who was the last King of Jorvik, was thrown out of York. His name was originally Eric Haraldsson, but he was nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe. He was the King of Norway and the King of Northumbria twice.

Around 1001 AD the Vikings came to America and established a settlement. In 1001 AD the Vikings landed in America, finding it for the first time ever in one of their raids.

In 1014 AD King Canute of Denmark, also known as King Cnut of Denmark, became the King of England. He had first invaded England in 1013 and when Sweyn died because of his Viking Army, that is when King Canute of Denmark became King of Denmark.