Viking settlements

State · 793–1332 CE · at its largest around 876 CE

Scandinavian settlements established during the Viking Age in the British Isles, Normandy, the North Atlantic islands, Iceland and beyond.

On its lands while it lasted

Charlemagne (c. 747 CE – 814 CE): King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe, was crowned emperor in 800 and promoted a revival of learning, the Carolingian Renaissance.
Viking raid on Lindisfarne (793 CE): Viking raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, conventionally taken as the beginning of the Viking Age.
Book of Kells (c. 800 CE): Lavishly illuminated Gospel book, probably begun at Iona and kept for centuries at the abbey of Kells; a masterpiece of Insular art.
Alfred the Great (849 CE – 899 CE): King of Wessex who defended his kingdom against the Vikings, reorganised its defences and promoted learning in English.
Brunswick (861 CE): Capital of Duchy of Brunswick (1815–1870).
Smolensk (863 CE): Capital of Principality of Smolensk (1056–1406).
Great Heathen Army (865–878 CE): A large coalition of Scandinavian warriors landed in East Anglia in 865, took York, and conquered Northumbria, East Anglia and much of Mercia before Alfred the Great defeated Guthrum at Edington in 878.
Pskov (903 CE): Capital of Pskov Republic (1348–1510).
Otto the Great (912 CE – 973 CE): German king who defeated the Magyars and was crowned emperor in Rome in 962; he was buried in Magdeburg.
Thingvellir National Park (c. 936 CE): Capital of Icelandic Commonwealth (936–1262).
Copenhagen (c. 965 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Denmark (965–1406), Kalmar Union (1443–1523), Denmark-Norway (1536–1814).
Baptism of Poland (966 CE): Duke Mieszko I accepted baptism, bringing Poland into Latin Christendom; the event is traditionally seen as the founding of the Polish state.
Battle of Hastings (1066 CE): William, Duke of Normandy, defeated and killed King Harold II, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
University of Oxford (c. 1096 CE): Teaching existed at Oxford by 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It grew rapidly after Henry II barred English students from the University of Paris in 1167.
Magna Carta (1215 CE): Charter agreed by King John at Runnymede that limited royal power and became a foundation of constitutional law in the English-speaking world.