Rurik invited to rule Novgorod
862* · Event
Per the Primary Chronicle, the Varangian Rurik is invited to rule Novgorod in 862 — the legendary origin-point of the Rurikid dynasty, twenty years before Oleg took Kiev and Kievan Rus' proper began.
On these timelines: Master, Russia & the USSR, Eastern Europe & the Balkans
Around 862
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)