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 |