| Year |
Month |
Event |
Description |
Reference |
| |
|
Olaf
'Tree Hewer' King of Vermaland, Norway |
His
son succeeds |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c.710 |
|
Olaf |
Sacrificed
to Woden by his own people during famine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 700's? |
|
Halfdan
'White Leg', King of Upplanders in Norway |
His
son succeeds. Conquers Raumarike |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 700's? |
|
Halfdan
succeeded by his son Eynstein 'The Fart' and then by his son
Halfdan 'The Stingy' (generous with his gold but mean with his
rations) who was King in Vestfold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 742-812 |
|
Charlemagne |
King
of the Franks and then Emperor of the Romans. It was from him
that Margaret Atheling received the Holy Rood - the
'True Cross' |
Laurel
Fechner
Houses of Parliament Mosaic, London |
|
|
|
|
|
| 790 |
|
Halfdan's
second son Ivarr |
became
Jarl of the Upplanders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 795 |
|
Vikings
first appeared Western Seas |
|
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 800 |
|
Vikings
invade Channel coast |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 830 |
|
Eynstein
'The Orator' |
Son
of Ivarr becomes Jarl of the Upplanders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 832 |
|
Battle
of Athelstaneford, East Lothian |
Angus
mac Fergus, King of the Picts, defeats the army of Athelstane,
King of Northumbria and the Saltire, the future flag of
Scotland, is seen in the clouds. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 843 |
|
Union
of Picts and Scots |
Under
Kenneth Macalpine |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 845 |
|
Clair
of Rye, England |
Born.
Later martyred in France |
Laurel
Fechner |
|
|
|
|
|
| 863 |
|
Vikings
settle in Caithness Rognvald (Ranald) 'The Wise' |
Succeeds
his father Eynstein and later becomes Jarl of Moeri and 1st
Earl of Orkney |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
870 |
|
Battle
of Hafursfiourd |
Harald
Harfagri (Fairhair) becomes sole King of Norway |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 871-2 |
|
Harald
Harfagri |
Becomes
sole King of Norway, Makes an expedition against the western
Vikings, who have established their station in Orkney, drives
them from their haunts and subdues Shetland, Orkney, the
Hebrides and Man |
The
Orkneyinga Saga |
|
|
|
|
|
| 875? |
|
Rognvald,
Earl of Moeri |
Given
Orkney and Shetland as an Earldom by King Harold of Norway |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 875 |
|
Dungaldus,
(Duncan) Earl of Caithness |
|
Scots
Peerage (Paul) |
|
|
|
|
|
| 875 |
|
Sigurd
the Sea-King, brother of Rognvald, now 2nd Earl of Orkney |
Invades
northern mainland of Scotland and seizes control of Caithness
and Sutherland called Cat or Cait then Cataness till end of
Norse rule in C13 |
The
County of Caithness |
|
|
|
|
|
| 882 |
|
Sigurd
dies |
Poisoned
by the tooth of Earl Melbrigd whom he had slain. Succeeded by
his son Guttorm 3rd Earl of Orkney. Buried at Cyderhall (Sigurd's
'howe') near Dornoch |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair)
Oxford Companion to Scottish History |
|
|
|
|
|
| 883 |
|
Guttorm
3rd Earl dies |
Hallad,
son of Rognvald, becomes 4th Earl of Orkney |
St
Clairs of the Isles (Sinclair) |
|
|
|
|
|
