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The Conversion of Scandinavia: Christian History Timeline
790-900
c.710Willibrord unsuccessfully attempts to convert the Danes
793 Vikings attack Celtic monastery at Lindesfarne
790s Viking raids on western Europe, Scotland, and Ireland
826Ansgar journeys to Denmark and to Birka, Sweden (829-31), to evangelize
841 First wintering of Vikings in Ireland
845 Pagan revolt forces missionaries to abandon Birka
859 Vikings enter the Mediterranean
865Ansgar dies, succeeded by Rimbert
870 Vikings kill the king of East Anglia, Edmund (later St. Edmund)
c.870 Norse begin to settle Iceland
Other Events
800 Coronation of the Emperor Charlemagne
c.800 Irish hermits settle in the Faeroe Islands and Iceland
862 Brothers Cyril and Methodius go as missionaries to Moravia
864 Boris I of Bulgaria converts
900-1000
902 Vikings expelled from Dublin
911 Founding of Normandy by Viking chieftain Rollo
930 Founding of the Icelandic Althing at Thingvellir
c.934Hakon the Good becomes king of Norway and soon attempts to convert his country to Christianity
948 Bishops appointed to Hedeby, Ribe, and Arhus in Denmark
954Erik Bloodaxe, son of Harald Finehair, expelled from York and killed at the battle of Stainmore
958Gorm the Old, king of Denmark, buried at Jelling by his son, Harald Bluetooth
c.965Harald Bluetooth of Denmark converts
980 Renewed Viking attacks on England
c.985Erik the Red settles in Greenland
c.995Olof Skötkonung, king of Sweden, converts to Christianity
995Olaf Trygvesson unites Norway under Christian banner
Other Events
963 First monastic settlement on Mt. Athos
980 Mainz Cathedral begun
c.988 Prince Vladmir of Kiev baptized
1000-1100
1000Olaf Trygvesson dies in the Battle of Svold; Iceland converts to Christianity
c.1000Leif Eriksson voyages to Vinland in North America
1013 Danish king Svein Forkbeard conquers England, succeeded ...
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