Early Raids & Exploration (Late 8th - Early 9th Century)
789: First recorded Viking raid in England (Portland, Wessex).
793: Raid on Lindisfarne monastery, signaling the start of the Viking Age.
795: Raids begin in Ireland, targeting monasteries.
800: The Oseberg longship is buried.
840: Vikings establish settlements in Dublin, Ireland.
844: A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed.
845: Ragnar Lothbrok besieges Paris, receiving a ransom.
860: Rus Vikings raid Constantinople (Istanbul).
862: Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking, Ulrich.

Conquest & Settlement (Mid-9th - 10th Century)
865: The Great Heathen Army arrives in England, beginning conquest.
866: Vikings capture York (Jorvik).
866: Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England.
871: Alfred the Great becomes King of Wessex, halting Danish advance.
872: Harald I gains control of Norway.
878: Treaty of Edington divides England, establishing the Danelaw.
879: Rurik establishes Kiev as the center of the Kievan Rus' domains.
886: Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact.
900: The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast.
911: The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France.
941: Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul).
981: Erik the Red discovers Greenland.
986: Viking ships sail in Newfoundland waters.
991: Athelred II pays the first Danegeld ransom to stop Danish attacks on England.
995: Olav I conquers Norway and proclaims it a Christian kingdom.

Peak & Decline (Late 10th - Mid-11th Century)
1000: Christianity reaches Greenland and Iceland.
1000: Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, explores the coast of North America.
1000: Olav I dies; Norway is ruled by the Danes.
1002: Brian Boru defeats the Norse and becomes the king of Ireland.
1010: Viking explorer Thorfinn Karlsefni attempts to found a settlement in North America.
1013: The Danes conquer England; Æthelred flees to Normandy.
1014: Brian Boru defeats Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in Ireland.
1015: Vikings abandon the Vinland settlement on the coast of North America.
1016: Olav II regains Norway from the Danes.
1016: Knut (Canute) rules a Danish-controlled England.
1028: Knut (Canute), king of England and Denmark, conquers Norway.
1030: Olaf the Saint dies, solidifying Christianity in Norway.
1042: Edward the Confessor rules England with the support of the Danes.
1050: The city of Oslo is founded in Norway.

End of the Viking Age (1066)
1066: Harald Hardrada's invasion of England ends with his defeat at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, marking the end of major Viking military expansion.