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Viking Timeline
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Vikings (700-1100 AD)
Shaanraj Dhillon
The Viking Age begins (700 AD)
End of the Viking age
Attack on monastery at Lindisfarne (793 AD)
Vikings established over north of Scotland (900 AD)
The Viking age began in Europe lasted about 700 AD to 1100 AD. The vikings came from 3 countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse' which means 'pirate raid'. During this time, many Vikings left Scandinavia to raid other countries.
The Vikings attack a Christian monastery at Lindisfarne in 793 AD.
The Vikings were driven out of the mainland of Scotland by 1100 AD, but they remain 'lords of the isles' (Western Isles) until 1200 AD.
For 500 years, about 900 AD, Vikings rule the north of Scotland, the Orkney, Shetland isles and the Hebrides Islands off the west coast. While they were in Ireland, they found the city of Dubai.
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Capture of York (866 AD)
The First Viking raid (787 AD)
Vikings established a short-lived settlement in North America
Vikings capture York and shot King Edmund of East Anglia to death with arrows.
The Vikings sail to North-America and started a settlement. The viking had unknowingly discovered North America and it was not on the map.
Three Viking long ships landed in the southern part of England. The Vikings fought the local people, collected the valuables from them, then sailed away.