Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066 240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066 Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
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Faroe Islands
Niadodd became a viking and settle in Faroe Islands
FranceTwo vikings accused Weland for treachery and claimed that the baptism was a treachery against t1he Nordic gods. Weland denied the accusations, and one of the vikings challenged him to a holmgang, Weland lost and died.
Germany
Danish Vikings looted along the Rhine, they settled on an island close by Cologne but were driven off by a attack of Lothar II.
Iceland
Gardar the dane sailed the icelandic sea.
Low countries
Viking raiders plundered Dorestad , it thereafter disappeared from the chronicles.
Nijmegen and Utrecht was captured
Low countries
Viking raiders plundered Dorestad , it thereafter disappeared from the chronicles.
Nijmegen and Utrecht was captured
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