Template:Timeline of the Viking Age

<timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:20 right:40 bottom:30 top:15

Colors =

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 id:grid1       value:rgb(0.80,0.80,0.80)
 id:grid2       value:rgb(0.90,0.90,0.90)
 id:Title  value:rgb(0.86,0.56,0.56)
 id:Event  value:rgb(0.80,0.99,0.80)
 id:Life  value:rgb(0.80,0.80,0.99)
 id:Reign value:rgb(0.99,0.80,0.80)
 id:gray        value:gray(0.7)
 id:lightblue   value:rgb(0.60,0.99,0.99)

Period = from:780 till:1100 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:25 start:825 gridcolor:grid2 ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:100 start:800 gridcolor:grid1 AlignBars = justify

BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas bars:canvas

BarData=

 bar:Titlebar 
 bar:Vikings1
 bar:Vikings2
 barset:Scandinavia
 bar:Britain1
 bar:Britain2
 bar:Britain3
 bar:Europe1
 bar:Europe2
 bar:Europe3
 bar:Europe4

PlotData=

 width:20 fontsize:S textcolor:black align:center

 bar:Titlebar color:Title shift:(0,-3)
 from:789  till:1066 text: "The Viking Age"

 width:18 fontsize:S textcolor:black anchor:from align:left
 bar:Vikings1
 color:Life
 from:850 till:872 text:"Harald Harfagre"
 color:Reign
 from:872 till:933
 color:Life
 from:1015 till:1040 text:"Harald Hardrada"
 color:Reign
 from:1040 till:1066

 bar:Vikings2
 color:Life
 from:910 till:990 text:Egill Skallagrímsson
 from:994 till:1016 text:"Canute the Great"
 color:Reign
 from:1016 till:1035

 width:18 fontsize:S textcolor:black anchor:from align:left
 barset:Scandinavia
 color:Life
 from:950 till:1003 text:"Erik the Red" 
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:982 till:983 text:"982 Greenland"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:1000 till:1001 text:"1000 Vinland"

bar:Britain1
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:793 till:794 text:"793 Lindisfarne"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:866 till:867 text:"866 Jorvik"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:991 till:992 text:"991 Maldon"

 bar:Britain2
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:795 till:796 text:"795 Iona"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:878 till:879 text:"878 Edington" 
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:1066 till:1067 text:"1066 Conquest"

 bar:Britain3
 color:Life
 from:849 till:871 text:"Alfred the Great r. 871-899"
 color:Reign
 from:871 till:899
 color:Life
 from:968 till:978 text:"Ethelred the Unready r. 978-1016"
 color:Reign
 from:978 till:1016

 bar:Europe1
 color:Reign
 from:780 till:814 text:"Charlemagne"
 color:Life
 from:912 till:936 text:"Otto the Great r. 936-973"
 color:Reign
 from:936 till:973

 bar:Europe2
 color:Life
 from:938 till:987 text:"Hugh Capet r. 987-996"
 color:Reign
 from:987 till:996

 bar:Europe3
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:854 till:855 text:"854 Novgorod"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:911 till:912 text:"911 Normandy"

 bar:Europe4
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:839 till:840 text:"839 Varangian guard"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5)
 from:1071 till:1072text:"1071 Manzikert"
 color:Event shift:(5, -5) 
 from:921 till:922 text:"921 Ibn Fadlan"

</timeline>