Norse settlement of Greenland
985–1450* · Event
Erik the Red leads colonists from Iceland; Norse Greenlanders survive ~450 years before mysterious 15th-century collapse.
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Around 985
- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)