| 100 | Tacitus writes Germania |
| 200 | Migration Period begins |
| 300 | Earliest runic inscriptions in Denmark |
| 375 | Ermenrichus king of the Goths dies. He is the basis for Jormunrek of the Volsungasaga |
| 436 | Huns battle Burgundians |
| 437 | Burgundian King Gundaharius dies. He is the basis for the fictional Gunnar of the Volsungasaga. |
| 449 | Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrate to Britain |
| 450 | Tune stone of Ostfold Norway made, has Old German alliterative line. |
| 453 | Attila the Hun dies possibly at the hands of his new wife the Germanic Ildico, the name a form of Hild (Byock, 19). Attila is the basis for the fictional Atli of the Volsungasaga. |
| 500 | Migration Period ends |
| 528 | Hygelac king of the geats raids frisia and the rhine |
| 550 | Jordanes writes History of the Goths |
| 570 | Danes raid Frisia |
| 597 | St. Augustine begins conversion of Anglo-Saxons |
| 600 | Statue of Buddha finds its way to Helgo Sweden |
| 600 | Uppsala established |
| 630 | Sutton Hoo Ship Burial |
| 700 | Vendel Ship Burial |
| 700 | Frank's casket made in Anglo-Saxon England depicting Weland (Volund) the Smith on one panel and the archer Aegili on another. |
| 700 | Eggjum rune stone in Sogn Norway created. Its diction foreshadowing skaldic poetry. |
| 700 | Beowulf thought to have been composed. It contains references to the Volsung legend, the Brisingmen, and Weland / Wayland (Volund) the smith. |
| 705 | Foundation of Ribe on the Jutland peninsula |
| 715 | Willibrord leads first Christian mission to Scandinavia. His attempt to convert the Danes is unsuccessful. |
| 720 | Angantyr King of Denmark |
| 737 | Danevirke constructed |
| 750 | Swedish Vikings establish Staraja Ladoga in Russia |
| 750 | Foundation of Birka in Svealand (now Sweden) |
| 770 | Waldere composed. Contains reference to Wayland (Volund). |
| 786 | Paul the Deacon begins work on Historia Langobardorum which contains a legend about Woden and Frija. |
| 789 | Norwegians Vikings attack Portland England, the first attack on England |
| 793 | Vikings raid Lindisfarne |
| 795 | First recorded Viking attacks on Ireland and Scotland |
| 800 | Earliest Skaldic poetry |
| 808 | The Danish king Godfred sacks the trading center of Reric and moves all of its traders to Hedeby on the Jutland peninsula. |
| 810 | Godfred, King of Denmark, dies |
| 810 | Danish attack Frisia and impose tribute |
| 820 | Oseberg ship built |
| 826 | Danish King Harald Klak converted to Christianity. He is baptized at Mainz and is accompanied by Anskar on his return to Denmark. |
| 827 | Harald Klak expelled from Denmark |
| 829 | Anskar's first mission to Birka |
| 839 | Swedish Vikings reach Constantinople |
| 839 | Vikings attack the Picts |
| 841 | Viking base Dublin established |
| 843 | Frisia comes under Viking control |
| 844 | First Viking raid on Spain |
| 845 | Pagan uprising causes missionaries to leave Birka |
| 850 | The Danish king Horik I allows Anskar to build churches at Ribe and Hedeby |
| 860 | Swedish Vikings, the Rus attack Constantinople |
| 862 | Rurik becomes ruler of Novgorod |
| 862 | Finns and Slavs invite Rurik and the Rus to rule over them |
| 865 | Anskar dies |
| 866 | Danes occupy York |
| 866 | Vikings from Ireland and Scotland make Picts pay tribute |
| 869 | Edmund, king of East Anglia is killed by Vikings |
| 870 | Vikings begin settling Iceland |
| 870 | Halfdan King of Denmark |
| 871 | Vikings winter in London |
| 873 | Ivar, king of the norse in Ireland, the Hebrides, and Scotland, dies |
| 879 | Rurik dies in Russia, Oleg assumes rule |
| 880 | Oleg rules Kiev |
| 880 | Harald Finehair / Fairhair King of all Norway |
| 895 | Gokstad ship built |
| 896 | Viking army in England breaks up with some members staying in England to live. |
| 900 | Time of Thjodolf of Hvinir a poet of King Harald Finehair. He composed the Ynglinga Tal and Haustlong. |
| 900 | Helgi King of Denmark dies |
| 902 | Vikings expelled from Dublin |
| 911 | Rollo founds Normandy |
| 917 | Vikings recapture Dublin |
| 919 | Ragnald, grandson of Ivar of Dublin, gains control of York |
| 930 | Erik Bloodaxe King of Norway |
| 930 | Eyvind Skaldaspillir, skald to Norwegian kings Harald Fairhair and Hakon the Good |
| 936 | Hakon the Good King of Norway |
| 937 | English defeat Norse-Scottish alliance at battle of Brunanburh |
| 940 | Gorm the Old King of Denmark |
| 944 | The Irish sack Dublin |
| 954 | End of Viking kingdom of York when Erik Bloodaxe killed |
| 958 | Harald Bluetooth King of Denmark |
| 960 | Harald Greycloak becomes King of Norway |
| 961 | Viking raids in Wales begin. |
| 965 | Harald Bluetooth converts Danes to Christianity |
| 970 | Norway falls under Danish rule |
| 974 | Hedeby comes under German occupation until 983. |
| 975 | Exeter Book copied, contains the poem Deor which has a reference to Welend (Volund) the smith. |
| 980 | Varangian guard formed at Constantinople |
| 985 | Erik the Red sails from Iceland with a group of settlers headed to Greenland. |
| 987 | Svein Forkbeard King of Denmark |
| 988 | Vladimir of Kiev converts to Christianity |
| 990 | Einar Skalaglamm was a skald of Earl Hakon of Hladir who ruled Norway until 995. Einar was a friend of Egil Skallagrimsson. |
| 990 | Egil Skallagrimsson dies |
| 991 | Olaf Tryggvason defeats English at Maldon |
| 992 | Ibn Fablan witnesses Rus funeral rites |
| 995 | Olaf Tryggvason becomes king of Norway |
| 1000 | Conversion of Iceland to Christianity |
| 1000 | Earliest Swedish runic inscriptions |
| 1000 | Leif Erikson winters in Vinland |
| 1000 | Runestone in Sweden depicts Sigurd roasting Fafnir's heart. |
| 1014 | Brian Boru defeats Norse |
| 1015 | Olaf Haraldson (St. Olaf) becomes king of Norway |
| 1016 | Begin King Cnut the Great's rule over England |
| 1019 | Cnut the Great King of Denmark |
| 1030 | Svein Alfivason becomes King of Norway |
| 1035 | Earl Thorfinn of Orkney wins control over most of Northern Scotland |
| 1035 | Harthacnut King of Denmark |
| 1035 | Magnus the Good becomes king of Norway |
| 1042 | End of Danish rule in England |
| 1042 | Magnus the good King of Denmark, becomes King of Norwary in 1035 |
| 1043 | Last Rus attack on Constantinople |
| 1045 | Harald Hardrada becomes king of Norway |
| 1052 | Diarmait takes Dublin |
| 1066 | Harold Hardrada killed at Stamford Bridge |
| 1066 | Magnus II becomes king of Norway |
| 1075 | Adam of Bremen writes Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum which includes description of the rituals performed at Uppsala |
| 1080 | Pagan ceremonies at Uppsala,Sweden end |
| 1100 | Welsh poetry with close parallels to skaldic lines |
| 1125 | Icelandic Book of Settlements written |
| 1169 | Danes expand into Baltic |
| 1185 | The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus written |
| 1195 | Nibelungenlied written |
| 1200 | Saga of the Volsungs written down. The only manuscript in existence dates from ca 1400. |
| 1210 | Oldest Icelandic family sagas written. |
| 1220 | Prose Edda written |
| 1230 | Egils Saga written possibly by Snorri Sturluson |
| 1240 | Heimskringla written by Snorri Struluson |
| 1240 | Codex Regius manuscript of the Poetic Edda written |
| 1245 | Kormaks Saga written |
| 1245 | Laxdaela Saga written |
| 1250 | Swedish Lawbooks written down, they are in alliterative form |
| 1261 | Greenland comes under Norwegian rule |
| 1263 | Iceland comes under Norwegian rule |
| 1266 | Norway cedes Isle of Man and Hebrides to Scotland |
| 1271 | End of the Rus Rurik dynasty |
| 1300 | Grettir's Saga and Sturlunga Saga created |
| 1330 | Hauksbok written |
| 1370 | Flateyjabok written |
| 1469 | Denmark cedes Orkney and Shetland to Scotland |
| 1480 | Last Norse Greenland colony becomes extinct |
Norse Chronology