istoryworld
Events relating to the vikings
The Vikings develop the fast and narrow longships with which they raid across the North Sea
The monks of Lindisfarne become the first known overseas victims of a Viking raid
Viking tribes known as the Rus are established as traders in the region of Novgorod
The Vikings settle in France, as Normans, when Rollo the Ganger is granted feudal rights over the region round Rouen
After years of raiding up the Shannon, the Vikings capture Limerick
Brian Boru becomes king of Munster and leader of the Irish campaign against the Vikings
Brian Boru, aged 73, achieves a major victory over the Vikings at Clontarf but is killed in his tent after the battle
The Normans, as seen in the Bayeux tapestry, invade England in Viking longships with fortified platforms for archers
The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway