| 793 |
Vikings plunder monastery of Lindisfarne. |
| 795 |
First recorded Viking raids on Scotland and Ireland. |
| 800 |
The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time. |
| 825 |
Mercians defeated by Egbert of Wessex at Wroughton who annexes Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex. |
| 835 |
Danish raid on Kent. |
| 841 |
Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland. |
| 851 |
Vikings winter in Thanet and attack London and Canterbury. |
| 865 |
Danish Great Army lands in East Anglia. |
| 866 |
Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England. |
| 866-7 |
Danes attack Northumbria. |
| 867-8 |
Danes move into Mercia. |
| 870 |
East Anglia falls to the Danes. Murder of St Edmund.
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| 871 |
Danes attack Wessex and Alfred the Great becomes king. |
| 874 |
Mercia falls to the Danes. |
| 878 |
Alfred defeats the Danes at Edington and Guthrum is baptised. |
| 886 |
Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact (Treaty of Wedmore). |
| 899 |
Death of Alfred. Edward the Elder bcomes king of Wessex. |
| 900 |
The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. |
| 910-20 |
Edward and Aethelflaed reconquer most of Danelaw. |
| 911 |
The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France. |
| ?919 |
Norse kingdom of York is founded by Raegnald. |
