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Famous Viking Raids

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Raid
Year
Target Location
Modern Country
Leader
Outcome
Sack of Lindisfarne
793Lindisfarne MonasteryEnglandUnknownMonastery plundered, monks killed or enslaved
Raid on Iona
795Iona AbbeyScotlandUnknownAbbey burned, repeated raids followed
Sack of Dorestad
834DorestadNetherlandsUnknownTrading port repeatedly plundered
Siege of Paris
845ParisFranceRagnar Lothbrok (traditional)Charles the Bald paid 7,000 pounds of silver
Great Heathen Army invasion
865East Anglia and NorthumbriaEnglandIvar the Boneless and brothersYork captured, three Anglo-Saxon kingdoms fell
Siege of Paris
885ParisFranceSigfred and RolloCity held out, Franks paid tribute
Raid on Seville
844SevilleSpainUnknownRepelled by Emir Abd al-Rahman II
Rus attack on Constantinople
860ConstantinopleTurkeyAskold and Dir (traditional)Suburbs sacked, city walls held
Battle of Maldon
991Maldon, EssexEnglandOlaf TryggvasonViking victory, Danegeld payments began
Sack of Hamburg
845HamburgGermanyHorik IArchbishopric destroyed, relocated to Bremen
Raid on Nantes
843Nantes CathedralFranceUnknownBishop killed at altar, city sacked
Siege of Luna
860LunaItalyBjorn Ironside and HasteinCity sacked by deception, mistaken for Rome
Battle of Clontarf
1014DublinIrelandSigtrygg SilkbeardHigh King Brian Boru won but died in battle
Stamford Bridge invasion
1066Stamford BridgeEnglandHarald HardradaNorse defeated, Hardrada killed, end of Viking Age

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