Vikings and the New Invasions:   The Expansion of Europe

Lindisfarne plundered 793 Charlemagne dies 814
Treaty of Verdun 843 Scandanavian settlement of Britain and Normandy 900-1042
Emperor Otto I defeats the Magyars at Lechfeld, 955 Arabs conquer Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, and parts of Southern Italy 800-1000
Norman conquest of England 1066 Urban II calls for holy war against Islam 1095
Jerusalem falls to the crusaders 1099 Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy 1030-1100