Radbod, King of the Frisians, rejects attempts to convert him to Christianity. Penda, last heathen king of England, dies in battle. Lives of the historical antecedents of Beowulf, Hrothgar, Hrolf Kraki.Дate of the Sutton-Hoo ship-burial, a rich Germanic grave containing artifacts of Swedish manufacture. King Theodoric the Great, later a prominent hero in Germanic tales, rules in Rome until his death. The West Germanic tribes living around the North Sea (Angles, Saxons, and Frisians) begin to add runes to the Elder Futhark to deal with sound changes in their dialects, creating the Anglo-Frisian Futhork. Hengest and Horsa begin the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain. The Huns, encouraged by the Roman Emperor Aetius, overrun the East Germanic kingdom of the Burgundians on the Rhine, killing King Gundahari (the historical antecedent for Gunther/Gunnar of the Nibelungenlied / Volsunga saga). The Goths defeat the Romans in the East at the Battle of Adrianople.ДЄ coalition of Germanic tribes cross the Rhine into Roman territories and take land for settlement.ДЄlaric, king of the Visigoths, conquers Rome. Ulfias writes his translation of the New Testament, the only surviving work of written Gothic. The Goths are converted to Arian Christianity. Tacitus writes the Germania, the earliest account of the culture of the Germanic peoples. The first surviving artifact with runes on it, the Meldorf Brooch, is made in Denmark. Hermann (Arminius) defeats the Romans at the battle of the Teutoberger Wald. The practice of sacrificing/executing people in bogs is carried out regularly in Scandinavia, especially Denmark. The Germans meet the Romans - hate at first sight. Continental Germanic and Anglo-Saxon, which eventually become German, English, Yiddish and Dutch), and East Germanic (becomes Gothic, with no surviving modern language). The Proto-Germanic language is dividing into North Germanic (i.e., Old Norse which eventually becomes Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese and others), West Germanic (i.e. West Germanic peoples migrate south into the area of modern Germany, displacing the Celts who had previously ruled this region. Proto-Germanic peoples settle in the general area of modern Scandinavia and begin to develop a linguistic/cultural/religious complex separate from that of the general Indo-European stock.Д¬eltic rule throughout most of Continental Europe.Д®ast Germanic peoples (Goths, Burgundians others) migrate from Scandinavia to Eastern Europe, settling the Steppes and Black Sea area. Indo-European migrations begin starting in the regions around the Caspian Sea or Southern Steppes of Russia A Timeline of Scandinavian HistoryД¬entering Upon the Viking Age Prehistoric Period 4000 B.C. Do you have a timeline of Viking History that would help me? (signed) Carpe Confusem Gentle Readers: It is the Viking Viking Answer Lady's pleasure to present here a general timeline of events not only occuring during the Viking Age, but also including events before and after the Viking Age which have an impact on the study of the history of the period. A Timeline of Scandinavian History Centering Upon the Viking Age Dear Viking Answer Lady: It is so difficult to figure out the relationship between events in the sagas.

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