| 793 | Vikings plunder monastery of Lindisfarne. |
| 795 | First recorded Viking raids on Scotland and Ireland. |
| 800 | The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time. |
| 825 | Mercians defeated by Egbert of Wessex at Wroughton who annexes Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex. |
| 835 | Danish raid on Kent. |
| 841 | Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland. |
| 851 | Vikings winter in Thanet and attack London and Canterbury. |
| 865 | Danish Great Army lands in East Anglia. |
| 866 | Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England. |
| 866-7 | Danes attack Northumbria. |
| 867-8 | Danes move into Mercia. |
| 870 | East Anglia falls to the Danes. Murder of St Edmund. |
| 871 | Danes attack Wessex and Alfred the Great becomes king. |
| 874 | Mercia falls to the Danes. |
| 878 | Alfred defeats the Danes at Edington and Guthrum is baptised. |
| 886 | Alfred divides England with the Danes under the Danelaw pact (Treaty of Wedmore). |
| 899 | Death of Alfred. Edward the Elder bcomes king of Wessex. |
| 900 | The Vikings raid along the Mediterranean coast. |
| 910-20 | Edward and Aethelflaed reconquer most of Danelaw. |
| 911 | The Viking chief Rollo is granted land by the Franks and founds Normandy in France. |
| ?919 | Norse kingdom of York is founded by Raegnald. |
