Viking raid on Lindisfarne
793 · Event
Norse raiders sack the Holy Island monastery; conventional start of the Viking Age.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
Around 793
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Reconquista (722)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)