IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
c. 350 BCE:
Scandinavia’s oldest known vessel, the Hjortspring boat, is designed
c. 790 CE
The Viking Age begins
793:
The Vikings attack Lindisfarne in England
840:
Vikings found the city of Dublin in Ireland
845:
Viking chief, Ragnar Lothbrok, raids Paris
c. 860:
Scandinavian Vikings settle in the city of Kyiv
865-878:
Thousands of Vikings invade England, and Danelaw is established
988:
The Varangian Guard is created
c. 1000:
Vikings land in Newfoundland and Eastern Canada
1066:
The end of the Viking Age
c. 1220:
The Prose Edda is written by Snorri Sturluson
c. 1250:
The Vinland Sagas are written down
c. 1270:
The Poetic Edda is written down*
*The Prose Edda was written before the Poetic Edda; however, the Poetic Edda contains poetry that dates back farther.