Rus' attack on Constantinople
860 · Event
Two hundred Viking ships appear beneath the walls of Constantinople; the raid fails but announces the Norse-founded Rus' to the Byzantine world.
On these timelines: Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, Russia & the USSR
More from Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age
- Kalmar Union (1397)
- Althing established (930)
- Finland declares independence (1917)
- Swedish Empire (1611)
- Cnut the Great (995)
- Harald Bluetooth converts Denmark (965)
- Gustav Vasa elected King of Sweden (1523)
- Finland and Sweden join NATO (2023)
Around 860
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Khmer Empire (Angkor) (802)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Song dynasty (960)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Song invention of gunpowder (950)
- Viking Age (793)
- Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Diamond Sutra printed (868)
- Founding of Baghdad (762)