Viking Dates: Settlers In The West

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Vikings started settling in the Shetland and Orkney Islands

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Around 800

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Vikings settled on the far north east cost of the Scottish mainland

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Before 825

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Vikings settled on the west coast of Scotland and the Hebrides islands

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By 825

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Vikings settled the Isle of Man

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By 850

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Thorfinn the Mighty was the Earl of the Orkneys

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1014 - 1065

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The Danelaw held securely for less than 50 years

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878 - 927

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Dublin became a major Viking base after raids on eastern Ireland

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Around 837

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Vikings expelled from Ireland for some years

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902

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Vikings re-occupied their trading bases at Dublin, Wexford, and Waterford

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914

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Raids on the Frankish Empire, stopped for a while then started again

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800 - 930, 980 -

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French King Charles the Simple defeated Rollo in battle and offered him lands in northern France including Rouen and the mouth of the Seine in return for his conversion to Christianity, loyalty and protection against further raids

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911

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Normandy expanded westwards, taking the lands around Bayeux

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924

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Normandy expanded further taking the Contentin peninsular

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933

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Jorvik had a population of about 10,000 and was one of the most important cities in Northern Europe

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1000

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The Coppergate Dig

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1976 - 1981

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Jorvik has 11 Viking or Viking controlled rulers many of whom had close links with Dublin

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866 - 927

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Jorvik brought back under Saxon control by King Athelstan of Wessex who expelled the Vikings from most of England

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927 - 939

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Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, regained Jorvik

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939

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Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, regained Jorvik

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939

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Eric Bloodaxe was driven out of Jorvik

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954

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Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, regained Jorvik

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939

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Eric Bloodaxe was driven out of Jorvik

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954

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Jorvik became York and was ruled by an earl appointed by the English king

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After 954

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First Vikings settled in Iceland

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From about 870

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First Vikings settled in Iceland

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From about 870

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Virtually all useful land in Iceland had been settled

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By 930

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The Landnamabok named 430 of the first Icelandic leader and lists where they settled - nearly all were near the coast

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Compiled about 1100

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The Landnamabok named 430 of the first Icelandic leader and lists where they settled - nearly all were near the coast

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Compiled about 1100

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Calculations from a census gave a total Icelandic population of about 50,000

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1095

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The Landnamabok named 430 of the first Icelandic leader and lists where they settled - nearly all were near the coast

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Compiled about 1100

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Calculations from a census gave a total Icelandic population of about 50,000

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1095

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The first Althing was held

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930

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The Landnamabok named 430 of the first Icelandic leader and lists where they settled - nearly all were near the coast

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Compiled about 1100

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Calculations from a census gave a total Icelandic population of about 50,000

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1095

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The first Althing was held

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930

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The Althing left it to the Law Speaker who decided Iceland should adopt Christianity

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1000

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Vikings first settled in Greenland

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Around 983

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Two settlements established in Greenland

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986

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Greenland’s peak - eastern settlement = 190 farms, western settlement = 90 farms

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Around 1050