Timeline of Norway
 

Timeline of Norway

Timeline of Norway
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   The Vikings were prolific seafaring warriors from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The early Danish timeline reflects the history of the Vikings 
     
  793Vikings first raid in England. The monastery of St. Cuthbert at Lindisfarne is sacked 
     
  844Vikings raid Seville in Spain 
     
  845Vikings, led by Ragnor, travel up the River Seine in France 
     
  845The French King pays a ransom to prevent the sacking of Paris 
     
  860Vikings attack Constantinople 
     
  862Vikings found Novgorod in Russia 
     
  874Vikings settle Iceland 
     
  900Vikings raid the Mediterranean coasts 
     
  911Vikings under Rollo are settled in Normandy 
     
  981Erik the Red discovers Greenland 
     
  986Vikings land in Canada 
     
  965Harald Bluetooth (King Harold I) converts the Danes to Christianity 
     
  1000Greenland and Iceland are converted to Christianity by the Vikings 
     
  1001Leif Eriksson reaches the American coast 
     
  1016The Danish king Canute (Knut) II defeats the Wessex King Edmund and becomes King of Denmark and England 
     
  1028Danish Canute conquers Norway 
     
  1035King Canute dies and the heir to Denmark and England is Hardacnut 
     
  1042Hardacnut dies suddenly and Edward the Confessor regains the throne of England 
     
  1050Vikings found the city of Oslo in Norway which is established as a major trade center. 
     
  1350The Black Death ( Bubonic plague) the "Svartedauen" sweeps Norway and Scandinavia killing one third of the inhabitants 
     
  1397Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch although Denmark is the dominant power 
     
  1536Danish becomes the written language of Norway 
     
  1729Greenland becomes a Danish province 
     
  1814The peace treaty of Kiel and Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden. The Norwegian constitution was written 
     
  1905The union with Sweden disintegrates and Norway becomes an independent kingdom. The Danish prince Karl becomes King Haakon VII of Norway 
     
  19141914-1918:  World War I - Norway remains neutral 
     
  19391939 - 1945 1939-1945 World War 2 
     
  19409th April: Germany occupies Norway 
     
  1945August 1945: The United States drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
     
  1945Germany surrenders to the Allies and the Nazi-occupation ends in Norway 
     
Timeline of Norway

Timeline of Norway
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