Timeline by Danyela Trujillo

c.750

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:05:54 UTC

beowulf is composed by an unknown poet.

768

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:09:21 UTC

Europe Charlemagne crowned king of the Franks, becomes ruler of what would be called the Holy Roman Empire.

787

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:11:20 UTC

The first papal legation to England conducts first coronation.

793

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:12:12 UTC

Vikings attack Lindisfarne

842

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:13:01 UTC

Vikings sack London in 842 and 851.

861

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:13:28 UTC

North Atlantic Vikings discover Iceland

878

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:14:05 UTC

King Alfred defeats Vikings at Wessex

886

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:18:23 UTC

King Alfred, now called "the Great," captures London and is accepted as ruler of all the English

890

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:19:05 UTC

King Alfred orders compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which continues into the twelfth century.

c.900

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:19:30 UTC

Western Europe Feudalism develops.

c.975

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:20:28 UTC

Saxon monks copy Old English poems into the Exeter Book.

c. 985

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:21:07 UTC

Erik the Red establishes first Viking colony in Greenland.

991

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:21:20 UTC

English are defeated by Danes at Battle of Maldon

1000

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:21:36 UTC

Year cited by historians as end of Dark Ages, and when English kings controlled the entire island, with the rules of Wales and Scotland paying them homage.

1013

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:22:29 UTC

English accept Sweyn, king of Denmark, as ruler.

c. 1020

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:23:24 UTC

North America Viking Leif Erikson explores Canadian coast.

1040

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:23:50 UTC

Historical Macbeth becomes king of Scotland after killing King Duncan

1066

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:24:30 UTC

Normans defeat Saxons at Hastings; William the Conqueror becomes king of England on December 25, 1066.

871

danyelatrujillo137 — 2024-08-23 17:40:59 UTC

Vikings tried to overrun the towns and monasteries, where they were stopped by the Alfred the Great, now considered the first king of England.