Key Events of the Period
| Date |
Event |
| c.AD789
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Viking raids on Britain begin.
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| AD793
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Vikings attack the monastery at Lindisfarne.
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| AD865
|
A great army of Vikings invades Britain and starts fighting the Anglo-Saxon Kings.
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| AD866
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Vikings capture York, renaming it Jorvik.
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| AD 876
|
Vikings from: Denmark, Norway and Sweden settle permanently in England.
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| AD878
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King Alfred of Wessex defeats the Viking army in a battle.
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| c.AD886
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King Alfred makes a peace agreement with the Viking leader Guthram and Danelaw is formed.
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| AD1014
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King Cnut gains rule over northern England but becomes the first Viking king of all Britain when Edmund, the King of south England dies a few weeks later.
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| AD 1035 |
King Cnut dies.
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| 25th September 1066
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The Viking King of Norway, Harold Hardrada, invades England to claim the throne but is defeated by Harold I at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
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