59 events with tag "Vikings"
789
ID: 2623
First Viking raid on England - three ships land at Portland, reeve killed trying to collect taxes
ID: 2623
793
ID: 2918
Viking Age begins - raid on Lindisfarne shocks Christian Europe, Charlemagne strengthens coastal defenses
ID: 2918
793
ID: 2548
June 8, 793
Vikings raid Lindisfarne - 'dragons' seen in sky, monastery destroyed, beginning of Viking Age in England
ID: 2548
794
ID: 3696
Vikings raid Jarrow monastery - sister monastery to Lindisfarne attacked, but Vikings suffer heavy losses in storm
ID: 3696
795
ID: 2624
Vikings sack Iona - Columba's monastery destroyed, 68 monks killed, treasures stolen
ID: 2624
799
ID: 3697
Vikings raid Aquitaine - first recorded Viking raid on continental Francia, beginning expansion beyond British Isles
ID: 3697
810
ID: 3698
Danish King Godfred attacks Frisia - destroys Frisian fleet and imposes tribute, challenges Charlemagne's empire
ID: 3698
834
ID: 3699
Vikings raid Dorestad - major Frankish trading center repeatedly attacked, demonstrating Viking reach into heart of Europe
ID: 3699
841
ID: 3700
Vikings establish Dublin as permanent base - Turgeis founds fortress, becomes center of Viking slave trade
ID: 3700
842
ID: 2626
Vikings attack London - great slaughter in London, first major Viking assault on the city
ID: 2626
844
ID: 3701
Vikings raid Seville in Muslim Spain - first attack on Iberia, defeated by Abd al-Rahman II's forces
ID: 3701
845
ID: 2936
Vikings sack Paris - Ragnar Lothbrok's fleet of 120 ships, Charles the Bald pays 7,000 pounds silver ransom
ID: 2936
856
ID: 2938
Vikings establish permanent bases - settle on Loire islands, raids become constant threat
ID: 2938
859
ID: 3702
Bjorn Ironside's Mediterranean expedition begins - four-year voyage raiding Spain, North Africa, and Italy
ID: 3702
860
ID: 2627
Vikings sack Winchester - West Saxon capital burned, but Vikings driven off by relieving force
ID: 2627
862
ID: 3703
Rurik founds Novgorod - Viking establishment of Rus' dynasty, beginning of Russian state
ID: 3703
865
ID: 2628
Great Heathen Army arrives - Ivar the Boneless and brothers lead massive Viking force to conquer, not just raid
ID: 2628
866
ID: 2549
Great Heathen Army takes York - Ivar the Boneless captures Northumbrian capital, establishes Viking kingdom
ID: 2549
867
ID: 3704
March 21, 867
Blood Eagle execution of King Aella - Northumbrian king killed by sons of Ragnar in ritual revenge execution
ID: 3704
869
ID: 2550
November 20, 869
Martyrdom of King Edmund of East Anglia - tied to tree and shot with arrows by Vikings for refusing to renounce Christianity
ID: 2550
870
ID: 2629
November 20, 870
St. Edmund martyred - King of East Anglia tortured and killed by Vikings for refusing to renounce Christianity
ID: 2629
871
ID: 2551
Alfred becomes King of Wessex - youngest son inherits during Viking invasion, Wessex last independent Saxon kingdom
ID: 2551
871
ID: 2552
January 8, 871
Battle of Ashdown - Alfred defeats Danish Great Army, first major Saxon victory over Vikings
ID: 2552
872
ID: 3705
Harald Fairhair begins unification of Norway - battles to become first King of all Norway, causes Viking emigration
ID: 3705
874
ID: 3706
Vikings permanently settle Iceland - Ingolfr Arnarson establishes Reykjavik, beginning of Icelandic Commonwealth
ID: 3706
881
ID: 2944
Battle of Saucourt - Louis III defeats Vikings, celebrated in Old High German poem, but Vikings return
ID: 2944
882
ID: 3707
Oleg of Novgorod takes Kiev - unites northern and southern Rus' territories, founds Kievan Rus'
ID: 3707
885
ID: 2946
Great Siege of Paris begins - Count Odo defends against 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships, becomes hero
ID: 2946
886
ID: 2630
Alfred retakes London - restores and refortifies city, all English not under Danish rule accept him as king
ID: 2630
886
ID: 2947
Charles the Fat pays off Vikings - instead of fighting, pays huge ransom and grants them Burgundy to pillage
ID: 2947
886
ID: 5262
Paris survives Viking siege - citizens invoke St. Genevieve's protection, Odo of Paris leads successful defense
ID: 5262
907
ID: 3708
Rus' Vikings attack Constantinople - Oleg's fleet threatens Byzantine capital, secures favorable trade treaty
ID: 3708
912
ID: 3723
Rollo baptized as Robert I - Viking leader converts to Christianity as part of treaty, takes Christian name Robert
ID: 3723
930
ID: 3709
Althing established in Iceland - world's oldest parliament founded at Thingvellir, Viking democracy
ID: 3709
941
ID: 3710
Igor of Kiev attacks Constantinople - Rus' fleet destroyed by Greek fire, major Viking defeat
ID: 3710
958
ID: 3711
Harald Bluetooth becomes King of Denmark - later converts to Christianity, unites Denmark and Norway
ID: 3711
980
ID: 3712
Battle of Tara - Irish High King Mael Sechnaill defeats Dublin Vikings, breaks Norse power in Ireland
ID: 3712
980
ID: 5841
Islamic silver reaches Europe via Vikings - millions of Arabic dirhams flow through Russia/Scandinavia from Central Asian mines
ID: 5841
986
ID: 3713
Erik the Red settles Greenland - establishes Norse colonies after exile from Iceland for murder
ID: 3713
988
ID: 3714
Vladimir I converts Kievan Rus' to Christianity - mass baptism in Dnieper River, end of Viking paganism in Russia
ID: 3714
991
ID: 2631
First Danegeld payment - Ethelred pays 10,000 pounds of silver to Vikings after Battle of Maldon defeat
ID: 2631
991
ID: 5804
August 10, 991
Battle of Maldon - Byrhtnoth's heroic defeat by Viking army, triggers England's Danegeld policy
ID: 5804
994
ID: 5805
Second Danegeld payment - 16,000 pounds paid to Olaf Tryggvason and Sweyn Forkbeard after siege of London
ID: 5805
1000
ID: 3715
Leif Erikson reaches North America - Vikings land in Vinland (Newfoundland), first Europeans in Americas
ID: 3715
1000
ID: 3716
Iceland converts to Christianity - Althing votes to adopt Christianity, avoiding civil war
ID: 3716
1002
ID: 5806
Third Danegeld payment - 24,000 pounds of silver paid to Viking army
ID: 5806
1002
ID: 3717
November 13, 1002
St. Brice's Day Massacre - Ethelred orders killing of all Danes in England, triggers massive Viking retaliation
ID: 3717
1007
ID: 5807
Fourth Danegeld payment - 36,000 pounds paid, massive tax burden on England
ID: 5807
1009
ID: 5808
Thorkell the High arrives with massive Viking fleet - 45 ships raid Kent and demand tribute
ID: 5808
1009
ID: 5875
Aethelred links Viking raids to sins - royal charter suggests invasions are divine punishment for crimes against Church
ID: 5875
1011
ID: 5809
September 19, 1011
Canterbury sacked and Archbishop Aelfheah captured - Thorkell's Vikings destroy cathedral, hold archbishop for ransom
ID: 5809
1012
ID: 2637
Massive Danegeld of 48,000 pounds paid - largest payment ever to Vikings, Thorkell the High enters English service
ID: 2637
1012
ID: 5810
April 19, 1012
Murder of Archbishop Aelfheah at Greenwich - killed by drunken Vikings, causes Thorkell to defect to Aethelred
ID: 5810
1013
ID: 3718
Sweyn Forkbeard conquers England - Danish king drives out Ethelred, becomes King of England
ID: 3718
1014
ID: 3719
April 23, 1014
Battle of Clontarf - Brian Boru defeats Viking-Leinster alliance, ends Viking power in Ireland but dies in victory
ID: 3719
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1030
ID: 3721
July 29, 1030
Battle of Stiklestad - Olaf II killed trying to reclaim Norway, later becomes St. Olaf, patron saint of Norway
ID: 3721
1042
ID: 3722
Edward the Confessor restores Anglo-Saxon rule - son of Ethelred returns from Norman exile, ends Danish dynasty
ID: 3722
1066
ID: 2581
September 20, 1066
Harald Hardrada invades - 'Last Viking' lands with 300 ships and Tostig, defeats earls at Fulford
ID: 2581