2. The Vikings

3. When did the Vikings arrive?
The Vikings arrived in England about 1,200 years ago
They stayed for 300 years.

4. A Timeline to show where the Vikings fit into British history

5. Where did the Vikings come from?
The Viking people came from the three countries of Scandinavia
Denmark
Norway
Sweden.

6. Who were the Vikings?
They were mostly farmers, but some worked as craftsmen or traders.
Many Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the north Atlantic Ocean in their longships.

7. Some went as fierce pirate raiders.
They stole treasure and attacked local people.
But most Vikings who sailed overseas were simply searching for better land for their farms.

8. The name 'Viking' comes from a language which is called 'Old Norse'.
It means 'a pirate raid'.

9. Some significant events of the Viking Age.

10. 793 AD
In the year 793 Viking pirate raiders sailed across the North Sea to a Christian monastary at Lindisfarne in north-east England. .
They stole its treasures, murdered the monks and terrified everyone.
This was followed by other violent 'Viking raids' all over Britain.

11. 865 AD
In 865 a 'Great Army' of Danish Vikings led by Ivor the Boneless, invaded England.
The Vikings conquered all of northern, central and eastern England, and seized much of the land for their own farms.

12. 867 AD In 867 the Vikings attacked captured York. .
During the same period, they sailed to northern and western Scotland. ..
They also settled in the Isle of Man, and parts of Wales .

13. 871 AD
The only part of England to hold out against the Vikings was Wessex.
In 871 Alfred the Great became King of Wessex .
He had to fight many battles to stop the Vikings taking over Wessex.

14. AD
In 878 the Vikings were defeated by Alfred the Great at Eddington
The leader of the Vikings was called Guthrum.
In 886 Alfred drew up a treaty allowing the Vikings to live in the Danelaw .

15. 899 AD
In 899 Alfred died. .
He was the only Saxon King to stop the Vikings invading all of England. .

16. 950 AD The last Viking king of York, was Eirik Bloodaxe
He was killed at the battle of Stainmore in 954 .

17. 980 AD
A Viking man called Bjarni Herjolfsson discovered America by accident in the year 985.

18. 991 AD
In 991 the English were defeated at the battle of Malden .

19. 1001 AD
A few years later, in 1001, Leif Eriksson 'the Lucky' sailed to America to take a proper look at it. .

20. 1016 AD Edmund became king. Canute defeated Edmund
..Edmund died and Canute became king.

21. 1035 AD
King Canute ruled the whole of England in peace until when he died.
Harald became king.
In 1040 Canute’s son Harthacanute became King..

22. 1042 AD Harthacanute died suddenly in 1042.
Edward the Confessor was chosen as king of England.

23. 1066 AD In 1066 Harold ll claimed the throne.
He was killed at the battle of Stamford Bridge the same year .
This was the end of the Viking Age in England. .