Raid↕ | Year↕ | Target Location↕ | Modern Country↕ | Leader↕ | Outcome↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sack of Lindisfarne | 793 | Lindisfarne Monastery | England | Unknown | Monastery plundered, monks killed or enslaved |
Raid on Iona | 795 | Iona Abbey | Scotland | Unknown | Abbey burned, repeated raids followed |
Sack of Dorestad | 834 | Dorestad | Netherlands | Unknown | Trading port repeatedly plundered |
Siege of Paris | 845 | Paris | France | Ragnar Lothbrok (traditional) | Charles the Bald paid 7,000 pounds of silver |
Great Heathen Army invasion | 865 | East Anglia and Northumbria | England | Ivar the Boneless and brothers | York captured, three Anglo-Saxon kingdoms fell |
Siege of Paris | 885 | Paris | France | Sigfred and Rollo | City held out, Franks paid tribute |
Raid on Seville | 844 | Seville | Spain | Unknown | Repelled by Emir Abd al-Rahman II |
Rus attack on Constantinople | 860 | Constantinople | Turkey | Askold and Dir (traditional) | Suburbs sacked, city walls held |
Battle of Maldon | 991 | Maldon, Essex | England | Olaf Tryggvason | Viking victory, Danegeld payments began |
Sack of Hamburg | 845 | Hamburg | Germany | Horik I | Archbishopric destroyed, relocated to Bremen |
Raid on Nantes | 843 | Nantes Cathedral | France | Unknown | Bishop killed at altar, city sacked |
Siege of Luna | 860 | Luna | Italy | Bjorn Ironside and Hastein | City sacked by deception, mistaken for Rome |
Battle of Clontarf | 1014 | Dublin | Ireland | Sigtrygg Silkbeard | High King Brian Boru won but died in battle |
Stamford Bridge invasion | 1066 | Stamford Bridge | England | Harald Hardrada | Norse defeated, Hardrada killed, end of Viking Age |
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