A Timeline of Viking Raids and Attacks
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Go to years: 793_to_799 802_to_895 900_to_994 1000_to_1263
| Date: | Place: |
| 793 | Isle of Lindisfarne |
| 795 | Iona |
| 795 | Rathün |
| 799 | Aquitaine |
| 799 | St. Philibert |
802 to 895 Return to top
| Date: | Place: |
| 802 | Iona |
| 804 | Lyminge |
| 806 | Iona |
| 808 | Slav town of Reric |
| 810 | Frisia |
| 813 | Vestfold, Norway (Danish attack on Norway) |
| 820 | Flanders |
| 820 | Aquitaine |
| 825 | Faroe Islands |
| 832 | Arnagh |
| 832 | Arnagh (again) |
| 832 | Arnagh (yet again) |
| 834 | Dorestad |
| 835 | Sheppy |
| 835 | Dorestad (again) |
| 836 | Dorestad (yet again) |
| 837 | Dorestad (yet again) |
| 839 | Constantinople |
| 840 | Dublin |
| 841 | Dublin (permanent Viking settlement in Dublin) |
| 842 | Francia |
| 843 | Frisia |
| 844 | Coulouse |
| 844 | Galicia |
| 844 | Al-Andalus |
| 845 | Hamburg |
| 845 | Frisia |
| 845 | Paris |
| 848 | Bordeaux |
| 848 | Nantes |
| 851 | Canterbury |
| 851 | London |
| 852 | Mona |
| 853 | St. Martin, Tours |
| Date | Place |
| 859-862 | Various Mediterranean Isles |
| 860 | Iceland explored by Gardar the Swede |
| 860 | Constantinople |
| 860 | Winchester |
| 862 | Novgorod |
| 865 | St. Benoit, Fleury |
| 865 | Poitiers |
| 865 | Various English cities completely overrun by Danish Vikings |
| 867 | York |
| 869 | Armaugh |
| 870 | Dumberton |
| 870 | Orkney |
| 870 | Alt Clud |
| 871 | Wessex |
| 873 | Repton |
| 873 | Ireland |
| 876 | Wessex |
| 877 | Wessex |
| 877 | Gloucester |
| 878 | St. David's |
| 878 | Dyfed |
| 878 | Edington (Vikings defeated) |
| 880 | Kiev |
| 881 | Aachen |
| 881 | Cologne |
| 885-6 | Paris |
| 886 | London (Vikings defeated) |
| 891 | The Dyle (Vikings defeated) |
| 895 | Lloeger |
| 895 | Bytheiniog |
900 to 994 Return to top
| Date: | Place: |
| 900 | Various sites in Northwest England |
| 902 | Dublin ( Vikings expelled from area) |
| 911 | Normandy (Rollo becomes Duke of Normandy) |
| 912 | Brittany |
| 914-936 | Brittany |
| 917 | Dublin (Vikings recapture city) |
| 917 | Corbridge |
| 917 | Germania (Vikings defeated) |
| 937 | Limerick |
| 937 | Brunanburh (Viking and Scottish alliance defeated) |
| 954 | Stainmore (Vikings defeated) |
| 980 | various sites in England |
| 991 | Maldon |
| 991 | Folkistone |
| 994 | London |
1000 to 1263 Return to top
| Date: | Place: |
| 1000 | Svold |
| 1000 | Vinland |
| 1015 | Norway (conquered) |
| 1016-1035 | England under rule of Cnut |
| 1030-1035 | most of northern Scotland conquered |
| 1043 | Constantinople |
| 1066 | Fulford and Stamford Bridge |
| 1069 | England (Vikings defeated) |
| 1075 | England (last major Danish invasion of Britain - Vikings defeated) |
| 1095 | Hebrides |
| 1103 | Ulster (Vikings defeated) |
| 1153 | East Coast of England raided, but Vikings driven off |
| 1263 | Largs, Scotland |