Danegeld payments
991–1014* · Event
Anglo-Saxon kings buy off Viking raiders with massive silver payments; ultimately exceed 250,000 lb of silver.
On these timelines: The Viking Age, Master, United Kingdom (combined), Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, England
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- Viking Age (793)
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- Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)
- Leif Erikson reaches Vinland (1000)
- Erik the Red explores Greenland (982)
- Battle of Svolder (1000)
- Eric Bloodaxe expelled from York (954)
- Vikings sack Iona (795)
Around 991
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- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)