The wider Scandinavian region is the source…
820 CE to 963 CE
The looting of the monastery at Lindisfarne in Northeast England in 793 by Norse people has long been regarded as the event that marked the beginning of the Viking Age.
This age is characterized by expansion and emigration by Viking seafarers.
They colonize, raid, and trade in all parts of Europe.
Norwegian Viking explorers first discover Iceland by accident in the ninth century when heading for the Faroe Islands, and eventually come across Vinland, known today as Newfoundland, in Canada.
The Vikings from Norway are most active in the northern and western British Isles and eastern North America isles.
According to tradition, Harald Fairhair unified them into one in 872 after the Battle of Hafrsfjord in Stavanger, thus becoming the first king of a united Norway.
Harald's realm is mainly a South Norwegian coastal state.
Fairhair rules with a strong hand and according to the sagas, many Norwegians left the country to live in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and parts of Britain and Ireland.
The modern-day Irish cities of Dublin, Limerick and Waterford are founded by Norwegian settlers.
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Viking Raids in England, Early
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Viking Raids in Ireland
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Viking Raids in France, Early
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Viking Raids
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Viking Raids in the North Sea
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Viking Raids in Russia
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Viking Raids against Alfred
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Viking Raids in France, Later
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Viking Raids in England, Later
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