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June 8, 793★★★★★

Viking raid on Lindisfarne

Vikings plunder the monastery on Lindisfarne in England, an event often taken as the start of the Viking Age.

War· United Kingdom, Norway
August 843★★★★★

Treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian Empire

Charlemagne's three grandsons divide the empire into three kingdoms, laying the groundwork for the later France and Germany.

TreatyPolitics· France, Germany, Italy
c. 862★★★★★

Rurik comes to rule Novgorod (traditional)

According to the Primary Chronicle, the Varangian chieftain Rurik was invited to rule Novgorod in 862, traditionally the start of the Rurik dynasty.

DynastyPolitics· Russia
732★★★★★

Battle of Tours

Frankish forces under Charles Martel defeat an Umayyad army between Tours and Poitiers, checking the Muslim advance into Gaul.

War· France
878★★★★★

Battle of Edington

Alfred the Great of Wessex defeats the Viking Great Army under Guthrum, securing the survival of Anglo-Saxon England.

War· United Kingdom
711 – 718★★★★★

Umayyad conquest of Hispania

Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad cross the Strait of Gibraltar, defeat the Visigothic kingdom and take most of the Iberian Peninsula.

War· Spain, Portugal