TIMELINE

789 AD – 899 AD 789: The first recorded Viking attacks occur along the coasts of northern Europe and southern Britain. 793: Vikings carry out a brutal attack on the monastery of Lindisfarne, an island off the north-east coast of England. 795: The Vikings begin to attack Scotland and Ireland. 800: Vikings settle the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, and discover the Faroe Islands. 840: The Viking city of Dublin is founded in Ireland. 844: The Vikings attack Spain but are driven away. 845: Danish Vikings sack Paris in France and Hamburg in Germany. c. 860: The Viking chieftain Rurik the Rus becomes ruler of Novgorod in Russia. 865–74: The Great Army from Denmark invades and conquers much of England. c. 872: Harald Finehair becomes the first king of…

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