First Viking Raids

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Category
British Isles
Begin
787
End
871
Region
Europe
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
The Viking Great Army arrives in England in 866. "Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia were overwhelmed." [Wikipedia: Timeline of Middle Ages]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
Vikings cross the North Sea and plunder the monastery of Lindisfarne
War
793
Egbert (Wessex) defeats Mercians at Battle of Ellandun, becoming leading kingdom
War
825
Kenneth MacAlpin becomes the first king of Scotland
War
843

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
Vikings
Miniseries
2013