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...
Bagsecg and his viking raiders conquered East Anglia; they destroyed the abbey of Ely and the monastery of Peterborough.
The vikings now controlled East Anglia, Northumbria and most of Mercia. Now the vikings attacked, the strongest of the 4 English kingdoms: Wessex.
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Landnam period began:Norwegian settlement of Iceland and Faroe islands began. evidence suggests that approximately 60% of the Icelandic maternal gene pool was derived from Scotland and Ireland, which was much higher than other Scandinavian countries, although comparable to the Faroe Islands
Scotland
Olaf Cuaran and Ívar Boneless beseiged the Welsh stronghold of Alcluith, which fell after four months to the attackers.
The Dublin vikings destroyed the Stratchlyde capital so they could control the Dublin-York trade route and besieged Dumbarton, they left with 200 ships full of 4000 thralls and loot, an attack which was recorded by Irish and Welsh annals.
"Amlaíb and Ímar returned to Áth Cliath (Dublin) from Alba with two hundred ships, bringing away with them in captivity to Ireland a great prey of Angles and Britons and Picts. "
Orkney Islands
Ragnvald of Møre passed control of the Orkney Islands to his brother, Sigurd the mighty.
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